Chapter 33: That Year, That River, That Little Sugar Man
The weather was clear, with only a few shallow white clouds in the blue sky, and the sun hung high in the sky, watching over everything on the earth.
After a few drizzles, the earth turned into a new green.
Bursts of laughter came from the courtyard of the Su family's mansion, mixed with painful moans and even screams.
A group of guards and tenants in the manor surrounded Shi Yue, wantonly abusing and playing with him, and laughing sarcastically and heartily from time to time.
Shi Yue's hair was scattered, her whole body trembled, and she was already tired and decrepit, half unconscious and half crazy.
You can't die, you can't live.
Miserable.
Su Jinqi, the young owner of the manor, sat on a chair in the garden, and on the table next to him, all kinds of food, fruits and wine were piled up.
He looked at the men lazily, munching on food in his mouth and occasionally sipping on wine.
The game has been going on for most of the day.
The sun shines down, and it becomes more and more lazy.
The lord of the manor is a little tired of playing.
He beckoned, and the guards dragged Shi Yue over and threw him at the feet of the young master.
Su Jinqi sat high on the chair, stilted Erlang's legs, and raised the face of this cheap prisoner with his feet to face him.
This mistreated slave was almost unconscious, his face was colorless, and his eyes were glazed.
His nose and face were swollen and bloody.
Su Jinqi looked at the words on his face and showed a playful smile.
"Slut!"
"What a pathetic!"
"Black-hearted snake, you never imagined that there would be today!"
He kicked the man on the ground.
"Aren't you very spirited? When you killed our people from the Fuyun Society, where did you go?"
"When you led the troops to attack my Northern Palace, weren't you very bad?"
"Aren't you a valiant general, and where are the thousands of soldiers you lead?"
"Fate is ridiculous, don't you think it's a trick?"
He stood up, stepped on Shi Yue's body with his foot, and looked down at him condescendingly.
"At the beginning, you were a majestic court general, and I was a traitor fugitive you were looking for. ”
"What is happening now? You, a great hero of the imperial court, have become a prisoner of me, a fugitive!"
"I, a traitor who was bent on opposing the court, have instead become a powerful official in the court!"
"Black-hearted snake, you are so pitiful, and even more pathetic!"
"At the beginning, you led the troops to attack the Fuyun Society and arrest us thieves on the orders of the imperial court. ”
"But now, you, a great hero of the imperial court, have been sold like cattle to us traitors, and you have been beaten and scolded by us, which is actually allowed by the imperial court!"
He stomped his feet and stepped on the ground.
Moaning, I can't help but call out the voice from the mouth of the abused.
Seeing him so unbearable, my heart was very happy.
"For the sake of the court, you were demoted to a lowly inferior person, and I am against the court, but glorious and rich!"
"It's ridiculous! It's ridiculous!"
"What retribution!
"You killed my father on the orders of the imperial court, and I tortured you like this today with the acquiescence of the imperial court. ”
"Black-hearted snake, you live too pitiful and miserable!"
He kicked the man hard at his feet.
"Speak, you abandoned by your master!"
"Ah, no, it's not a human, it's just a dog that doesn't want to go!"
"A dirty dog!"
He looked at the unbearable appearance of the man on the ground and laughed "haha".
Shi Yue lay on the ground, covered her face with her hair messy, closed her eyes, pursed her lips tightly, and didn't say a word.
His tattered clothes couldn't cover his body, and he was naked in front of everyone, only humiliation, not any dignity.
"You live like this, you are so unbearable, it is better to live than to die. It's better that I have fulfilled you today, and you can also use your heart to sacrifice your parents in heaven and the brothers of the Fuyun Society in heaven!"
The more he spoke, the more agitated he became, and he grabbed the whip that was placed on the table, and struck at the man on the ground.
Shi Yue lay on the ground and let this man's whip fall like rain.
The humiliation and beatings did not provoke any emotional response from him.
Only the instinctive moaning of physiology came from his mouth.
Su Jinqi fought for a while, and when he saw that this person was like before, motionless and being slaughtered by others, the kind of unbearability in his heart rose again.
Annoyed, he threw off his whip and cried out loudly, "Come on, hang this man!"
"Don't put him down without my consent!"
He was very dissatisfied with his unbearable efforts to scold the evil enemy in front of him.
In a huff, he strode out of the courtyard.
The attendant hung him from a tree in the middle of the courtyard.
They played around him for a while, and then they dispersed.
The courtyard fell silent, except for the prisoner hanging from the tree.
Shi Yue's head hung weakly, resting on his scarred chest.
He closed his eyes and pursed his lips.
He had little strength. In fact, it is not a good thing to be hung by a rope like this, at least you don't have to be abused by those people anymore, so that your tortured body and mind can take a little rest.
However, an involuntary pain and shame rose in his heart, gradually permeating his entire body and mind.
The vicious words of the master just now pierced the heart like a knife, although they did not enter the ear, but every sentence was true.
He was loyal to the country wholeheartedly, and he was born and died without fear. In order to serve the imperial court and maintain the peace of the country, no matter what he has experienced or what he has endured, he has never complained.
Even if it is wounded, bloody, sacrificed, humiliated, ravaged and trampled.
None of them can shake their loyalty.
Despite being tortured inhumanely, he was so wronged himself.
But he has never complained about the court, or even about anyone in the Shi family.
Because, deep in my heart, I always have a trace of hopeless illusions.
One day, one day, the clouds can disperse and the sun rises, and grievances can be revealed!
He can be rehabilitated, regain the recognition of the imperial court, gain freedom in life, and gain the respect of others.
One day, it will be possible to regain the dignity that was lost.
But......
Now I was sold to the people of the Fuyun Society!
Like livestock!
Such a disgrace,
Such pain.
What could be more brutal than such humiliation?!
trampling on one's own body and mind so ferociously......
In the eyes of those people, he is not a person at all,
Not even a single animal!
What do they think of themselves?!
............
Unscrupulous trampling!
Unscrupulous ravage!
Shi Yue's scarred heart was bleeding,
It's in tatters.
............
despair
Sink into the despair and fear of the boundless darkness.
pain
The pain that soaked into the bones of my heart made my heart tremble!
Shi Yue tried to raise his head, he opened his eyes, dumbfounded,
Desolation and hopelessness to the extreme,
Gradually, Zhejiang gradually became cold and frosty......
.............
It was nearly evening, the sky was darkening, and a cool breeze was blowing.
The man who was hanging in the courtyard did not move.
His head hung limply, and his hair was covered with a mess of hair.
It's been hanging for some time,
Body and mind, cold and numb.
A man quietly walked into the courtyard and slowly walked towards the man who was hanging.
She walked up to him and looked up at him blankly.
Look at his loose hair, his bruised face, his closed eyes, and the blood on his lips,
And the two words on the forehead......
Look at his thin body, tattered clothes, and bare feet......
A mottled wound, shocking.
It's sad and distressing.
............
Su Jinmeng burst into tears and filled his eyes.
............
Shi Yue said weakly: "Water...... Water ......"
Su Jinmeng: "Ah, do you want to drink water?"
She hurriedly turned around, ran to the table, poured a glass of water and delivered it to the hanging man.
She handed the water to Shi Yue's lips, "The water is here, drink it!"
Shi Yue slowly opened his eyes and saw the water on his lips,
He looked up and saw the young woman in front of him.
A delicate countenance,
Look at these eyes of your own......
That kind of warm ...... Soft......
Care......
He looked at her in amazement and recognized her.
This is the woman who brought her food that day.
The woman pressed the water to her lips again, and the water was already slightly soaking her lips.
"Drink!"
Shi Yue looked at the water in her hand, thirsty and thirsty, but did not open her mouth to drink.
Who knows, are you teasing yourself again? As soon as the water reaches your mouth, you will pour it on the ground drop by drop?
Seeing his frustrated, disappointed and embarrassed appearance drew bursts of happy ridicule from his abuser.
Before Su Jinmeng put the water together, it was already on his chapped lips.
Shi Yue looked at her again, her gaze was pure and gentle,
Like cool water,
Thorough, moist.
Unconsciously, Shi Yue opened her chapped lips and drank the water.
"Girl, what are you doing?!"
A woman hurriedly ran over and snatched the cup from Su Jinmeng's hand.
Su fell into a dream, and it turned out that it was his own personal ring.
In vain: "Why do you give him water to drink?
Su into a dream: "He ......"
Bai Bai: "He is a black-hearted snake, he deserves to die of thirst!
She casually threw away the cup in her hand.
Su Jinmeng: "Why did you throw it?"
In vain: "Can this slut's dipped cup be used again?!"
In vain: "So dirty!"
Su into a dream: "You!"
Su Jinqi looked back at Shi Yue, Shi Yue closed her lips tightly and hung her head weakly.
The moment he lowered his head, Su Jinmeng saw a flash in his eyes,
Infinite pain,
And endless inferiority.
Su Jinmeng's tears welled up in his eyes.
Bai Bai: "Girl, go, go!"
In vain, he pulled Su into the dream and walked out of the yard.
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The hillside is full of young shoots and new grass, and the shallow flower bones are waiting to be released.
The drizzle is falling like silk,
The sky is full of land.
Su Jinmeng stood alone on the slope for an unknown amount of time.
Foolish eyes look far away,
I don't know when to look......
I don't know where to look......
She lowered her head, and the hand she was holding tightly slowly loosened,
What caught my eye was an ordinary ingot of silver in the palm of his hand.
That day many years ago,
He put it in his hand.
Look at yourself so deeply,
Turn and leave......
Every day, every night......
I can't remember......
How many times......
It is wrapped in its own body temperature in the palm of its own hand,
I was carefully stroked by myself over and over again......
It has long been stroked round and smooth.
............
Tears glittered and flickered,
Turning in her beautiful eye sockets, turning......
That year, that river, that little sugar man......
............
Hair fluttering in the wind,
Pale pink shirt,
And the sword in his hand......
"This sword is so beautiful, can I touch it?"
“...... But there were too many people for me to squeeze into. ”
"Big brother, can you take me?"
He let his strange self, riding on his shoulders, leap up with himself and landed on the bow of the boat.
............
Such melancholy eyes,
Looking at yourself in amazement......
The flower,
Stuck in his hair......
............
Su fell into tears in her dreams.
............
In the back garden, the general slapped him in the face several times,
He fell to the ground, covering his face and not daring to move.
Hiding in the dark room, he swallowed his screams stiffly.
............
How many years have passed, day after day, night after night,
Exhausted thoughts,
There is no end,
No response,
It almost makes people fall into despair......
But after a thousand turns, I met him again!
It turned out to be such a fateful arrangement......
Providence makes people, but he has fallen into this tragic situation!
............
Su fell into tears in her dreams,
Can't go back!
There's no going back!
............
But, but,
There's tomorrow!
Su Jinmeng raised his head, tears glistened, and looked into the distance,
Yes, there is tomorrow!
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The sky is full of drizzle,
Silent
Misty and hazy,
Moisturizing the earth that has been frozen for a winter.
The person standing in the rain, let the rain soak the thin and beautiful body,
I don't know when,
I have already burst into tears......
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