Chapter 22: Past II
I was put in a sack, and even though I was slapped in the face and never killed, I was later beaten to death by them.
"Really?" Mu Zixiao mentioned it in his heart, and his breathing seemed to be a wrong beat.
Wan'er raised her eyes and laughed softly: "That's right, they sold me into the Qinglou." ”
Mu Zixiao saw Wan'er's painless smile, and his heart sank, thirteen years old, the age of flowers, it was when every child was in the palm of his parents as a baby, every day he was displaced, beaten and scolded, not to mention that he was scared, and was sold into the Qinglou, what kind of pain it should be, Mu Zixiao couldn't imagine.
Wan'er continued: "Maybe I'm too young to serve those men, or maybe it's because I'm strong, even if I prick my palms every day with a needle, I don't want to pick up guests, the old bustard's attitude softened, sighed, no longer punish me, after starving me for a day, let me do chores, pour water and deliver vegetables, and give food every day." ”
The good times didn't last long, Xu is father came back and learned that Mrs. Chen had sold me and beat her again, she held a grudge and sent someone to find the bustard, but finally refused to let me live, I wanted to die, but they used Feng'er to blackmail me, if I died, Feng'er would not live.
Since that day, I have taken the first step, at that time, I hate, but what about hate, I can only survive for three years, I stayed in Shengxiang Building for three years, and I have never heard of anything outside.
One day, when I was resting after receiving a distinguished guest, the bustard hurriedly entered my room with a man in black, who was holding a child in his arms, who was my younger brother whom I had not seen for three years. I didn't know whether I was happy or worried, and I hurriedly asked what was wrong, but the bustard didn't say much at the time, maybe I met a good person, and she stuffed me with some silver taels out of her own pocket and asked me to run away with my younger brother.
After fleeing for a few days, I learned that Chen's mansion was beheaded and sealed.
And my brother and I have also become the last orphans of the Chen family, Feng'er is also my father's only male, we don't understand the affairs of the court, we only know that it was the emperor's order, and General Huo Lao led people to copy the Chen Mansion.
It was Feng'er who was only eight years old, but his expression made me feel terrible, he seemed to be more precocious than me, every time I asked him, he refused to say, only that he wanted to get ahead, he wanted to learn martial arts, but where did I get the money for him to ask the master to teach him martial arts, and he couldn't sneak back to Shengxianglou.
I only have one relative left in Feng'er, and I have been degraded for three years, and it can be regarded as a broken jar, but Feng'er is different, he is a man, he has ambitions in his heart, since he wants to learn, then I, as a sister, should be doing my best to get a way out for him.
Fortunately, the Chen family's destruction did not implicate us, and there are not many people who know our existence, Lao Bustard left us two sisters and brothers, and I also saved a lot of money for Feng'er to hire a master, and taught him to learn words and martial arts.
Although he is still in the Qinglou, those days can be regarded as a good time.
Until Feng'er was eleven years old, that day, he was so excited that he almost fell down when he ran back, and said to me happily, 'Sister, I entered the Huo Mansion, and the little son of the Huo family recruited a companion to study, and I was selected!' ’
At that time, I thought that he was so happy because he had a way out, and I was happy for several days, but if I had known that he was for revenge, maybe I wouldn't have chosen to fake my death.
"Fake death? Yanfeng always thought that you were no longer alive? When Mu Zixiao heard this, he seemed to have seen it with his own eyes and experienced it himself, like a fish in his throat.
Wan'er continued: "Yes, if it wasn't for my fake death, maybe the rest of the story wouldn't have happened. ”
Feng'er entered Huo's house, I was naturally overjoyed, and worked harder to save money, as long as there was one, I would give it to him, for fear that he would be bullied by others, and be looked down upon by others, for a while Feng'er came back with a wound in the middle of a few days, I asked him what was wrong, and he didn't say what was going on, I thought it was Huofu's little boy who beat him, and told her to leave if she was not doing well, but he shook his head and said nothing, after two days, I learned from the guest's mouth that it was because of my identity.
Feng'er was treated very well in Huo's Mansion, Huo Gongzi was still with Feng'er at that time, although Huo Gongzi was only nine years old at the time, but he was also light on wealth and righteousness, he didn't care about the identity of the people who followed him, let alone Feng'er's background, and sometimes he would secretly give Feng'er some snacks made by his mother and bring them out for me to eat.
I naturally believe that Huo Gongzi is not that kind of person.
He also heard a lot of bad rumors about Feng'er, that is, his sister is a singer in Qinglou, Ji, and other ugly words, Huo Gongzi even accompanied Feng'er to fight with others, Feng'er didn't come to look for me in those days, it was because the three of them were punished by the master for fighting with outsiders, I still remember that the three of them had blue noses and swollen faces at the time, but they were full of indifferent expressions.
At that time, I was really grateful, I felt that Feng'er's days in Huofu were exactly what I wanted, such a good master, it was difficult to meet with a lantern, and from that day on, I made up my mind, in order not to let my brother be talked about by others, I gradually lost contact with him.
But Feng'er is still very clingy to me, he keeps saying that no matter what his sister's identity is, he doesn't care, his sister is the best sister in the world, you don't know how happy I was when I heard it, and I was already satisfied with this sentence.
So I strengthened my inner thoughts, left a sum of money, and asked the bustard to say that I was infected with willow disease, which is incurable, and I hope that my brother will forget me and be alone. I also believe that as long as I leave, my brother's life will be uneventful and healthy, at least he will no longer have to be poked in the back by gossip.
"You're a good sister, and you really think about him in everything." Mu Zixiao sighed sincerely, such a young child doesn't care how he is doing, he wants his younger brother to be alone, and a few people can do it.
"Thank you, I should have praised me as Mu Gongzi, and I didn't dislike my origin and identity." Wan'er smiled, as clear as the breeze, and she couldn't connect her with the dust woman at all.
"How so? Sister Wan'er is such a person, it is a blessing to be able to make friends. Muzi smiled and praised sincerely, but he also regretted in his heart, if there were no such things, what kind of woman would this be.
Wan'er continued: "Being able to make friends with Huo Gongzi is a real blessing. ”
After I left the capital completely, and also cut off contact with Feng'er, went to Jiangnan, only because I was a woman, and soon after going south, I was abducted into the Qinglou, this time the old bustard is not as good as the previous one, speaking of, I am still very grateful to her for taking in, this old bustard's temper is really bad, and he often beats and scolds me.
But when I thought that my brother was doing well now, I had no regrets in my heart, and I also heard a lot of news about Huo Gongzi's victory in the expedition, so I guess my wind was doing well. I wanted to take a sneak peek, although I didn't want to disturb his life anymore, but after all, I broke my bones and tendons, how could I not miss it?
One day I entrusted a guest and begged him to take me back to Beijing secretly, but I learned the news of a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Feng'er betrayed Huo Nanqi and killed his master, and Huo Nanqi was also seriously injured.
At that time, I really didn't know how long it had been, every day in order to find out the little news of Feng'er, in order to have the opportunity to meet Huo Gongzi and ask what was going on, I begged on the street of Huo Mansion for half a year, and I never saw him step out of the house half a step.
Seriously, at that time, I felt that I was about to die, exhausted, and I had never been terrified, and finally the emperor lived up to his wishes, I waited for him, Huo Gongzi's face at that time I still remember it very clearly, despair, grief, anger, at that moment, I suddenly became cowardly and did not dare to step forward.