Chapter 9, Homecoming
Kyoto 108 square, Jing'an square near the imperial city, the public security in the square is better.
The lanterns hanging in front of the houses in Jing'an Fang are only enough to illuminate a small section of the road in front of the door.
The bad guys with waist knives patrolled the intersections in twos and threes according to the routine, but they were just going through the motions.
Everyone knows that any place in Kyoto can be chaotic, but there is no possibility of chaos in these squares near the imperial city, and if these squares are in chaos, the whole of Kyoto will be in chaos.
In the hot summer day, the bluestone slab rises with the heat of the scorching sun, and people walk on it, as if walking on the hot board.
When some people saw Su Zhixi, they would also greet her politely, and some sneered at her.
But more often than not, they turn a blind eye, keep their heads down, and pretend to be in a hurry.
The house in Sufu is not a big mansion in Jing'an Fang, but the location is good.
Walking in from the gate is half a mile away.
Standing outside her door, she stopped for a moment.
The lacquer of the vermilion door has been mottled in a few inconspicuous places.
The auxiliary ring on the door is wiped every day, and even the faint candle flame can reflect the light.
You can see Kyoto from the lintel.
As long as it is not in the open, even if it is close at hand, most people still tacitly choose to turn a blind eye.
But it doesn't have much to do with her.
The bell of the curfew has finally stopped.
Su Zhixi raised his hand and knocked on the auxiliary head, and after a while, someone opened the door from the inside and poked out half of his head.
Seeing that it was Su Zhixi, he hurriedly opened the door and asked inside, "Why did the second girl come back so late, the third girl's carriage has been back for a while." β
"There was a delay on the way." Su Zhixi raised her feet and walked inside, and asked casually, "Is my grandpa back?" β
"Shen Shi came back for a trip, and then went out with Lord Wang of the household department."
"Where's my aunt?"
"The aunt is talking to the lady at the lady's, and let the second girl go back and go."
Su Zhixi nodded expectedly, but his eyes looked greedily into the distance.
She stopped and stopped all the way, and there were many emotions in her heart.
In the past, she didn't dare to dream that one day, she could still take a look at the former Sufu garden.
In her previous life, she was imprisoned in the Hall of Bliss by Li Zheng, and at the beginning she was always looking for signs to fight with him.
It is not far from succumbing to him.
At that time, I was high-spirited, and I always wanted to keep a festival for Pei Zhihan.
After receiving a few cold faces, Li Cheng found a slave who had served her in the past out of nowhere and threw it away from the hook rail.
He grabbed her jaw and forced her to look. At first, she was also angry, so she stared at him and him.
But halfway through it, I couldn't help but close my eyes in disgust.
She didn't know how long the woman had been insulted that day, but she remembered that in the end, the woman was filthy, and her body was like a broken willow branch, and she was dragged out with blood.
Su Zhixi didn't allow anyone to clean up the room, so he stared at the blood on the ground in a daze.
When I went back, I went crazy and smashed all the jade decorations in the house.
Su Mansion is the last bit of pride in Su Zhixi's bones.
Even if she was tortured by Li Zheng, she always had a trace of arrogance in her heart.
But when Li Zheng brought the slaves and maids of the Su Mansion to her, she collapsed.
Because she can no longer escape the fact that the Su Mansion is gone, except for the married women, they have all been killed.
So in what capacity can she live?
Naturally, she is not the second girl of the Su family.
She is a slave, and from the time the Su family perished, she is no longer a master, but a slave.
No one can be bullied or insulted, and he can't be presumptuous, he can't have fun with others, and he can't refuse slaves.
After death, there is no grave, and can only be buried in mass graves.
What makes the experience unique is that no matter how glamorous you look, the worn-out broken beams are there, and you don't need to try to remember them, just look back and they can jump out of the darkness and tear apart layers of your disguise.
What kind of person are you, what kind of life you have lived, there is no way to hide, there is no way to hide.
The bustle of Kyoto is something that everyone can see.
But extravagance is hidden in the courtyard of the mansion with various square doors.
It is a hot summer outside the house, and there are many shades and flowing water in the house, and there are gusts of cool breeze all the way, and I don't feel hot and dry.
Su Zhixi went to his residence first and changed into a light private clothes, the silk texture was light and smooth, making people feel light.
A personal servant who called Gunuo helped by her side.
She sat in front of the mirror, slowly took the hairpin on her head, and asked, "When did the third girl come back?" β
Gu Nuo beckoned the second-class slave maid to call Qing Shui, and helped Su Zhixi loosen her hair.
"Not long after I came back, I didn't even go to my own residence, and went directly to the eldest lady's room."
"What about Cheng En?"
"That ghost girl, who knows where she went again." Gunuo's hand on his shoulder slowly moved to his arm, and said carefully, "The girl also has to take care of her, this crazy play all day long, either going up the tree to steal fruit or going down to the pond to fight fish." If you want to ask other girls in the courtyard to learn, you will even ask outsiders to say that the people in our courtyard have no rules. β
Su Zhixi opened her eyes, glanced at Gu Nuo, and said, "Do so much with those rules." She's happy that you let her go, and it's not that there is a shortage of people in the hospital. Besides, with you, who dares to have no rules. β
Gu Nuo muttered a few more words, and saw that Su Zhixi only smiled and didn't answer, and felt bored, so he didn't bother to say any more.
Su Zhixi turned her body and looked at the furnishings in the room, with a slight smile on her lips.
It's still the same as before.
Gunuo is calm, and Cheng En is spoofed.
is still the same as before, as long as she comes back, she will definitely not be able to find Cheng En, and she will inevitably have to drink a glass of Gunuo's pre-frozen sour plum juice first.
Gunuo is like an old master, repeating the rules and regulations to her every day.
Cheng En took advantage of Gunuo's absence to give her some bad ideas.
The corners of Su Zhixi's eyes were slightly red.
It's nice to think that they can still talk to each other in their "lifetime".
After grooming, the person is also refreshed.
Guno asked her if she wanted to have some more dinner.
Su Zhixi shook her head and said, "You prepare some pastries and snacks, my aunt called me to go, and I don't know when I will be able to come back." β
Gu Nuo responded, but felt that it was wrong, and asked, "The eldest lady has not summoned you for half a year, why are you so anxious today, and she doesn't let people rest, so she called you to go?" β
"I won't know until I went." Su Zhixi stroked the hem of his clothes disapprovingly, and ordered, "Let people prepare some hot noodle soup, I drank too much wine today, and my stomach is a little uncomfortable." β
"I know, you go quickly, don't have to wait for the eldest lady for a long time."
Su Zhixi lazily walked to the courtyard of the eldest lady.
The courtyard of the eldest lady is minimalist, and the huge courtyard is empty, almost the same as the lower room.
In the past, Su Zhixi thought that the Lin family was pure-hearted and had few desires, but later realized that the Lin family's hard work and frugality were just to cover up his desire to be extremely obsessed with power.
The Lin family has been an official for generations, and the highest official has written an order, and there are many protΓ©gΓ©s.
The Lin family has been in the center of power since she was a child, and the city is deep, if she is not reborn, she can't believe that the eldest lady who has always put the words of 'compassion' on her lips is actually a bodhisattva face and a rakshasa heart.
Before Su Zhixi entered the door, she heard Su Jingyan crying in the room, and said very aggrievedly, "Aunt Yin, it was Yan'er who lost the face of the Su family..."