Rui'er's thoughts, Luo Fu didn't know. In her eyes, Rui'er is no different from other maids in the house.

The Luo family is not a big family, it can only be said to be rich. There are only a dozen maids and servants in the house. When Luo Shi was young, he often followed his brother everywhere to be naughty, and after the age of ten he was grounded by his father and mother-in-law, and asked his mother-in-law to teach her the rules of her daughter's house. Later, he decided to marry her husband. At that time, her future husband had already been admitted to the top prize, although she knew that she did not have problems such as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law after she got married, but she didn't understand the rules and made people laugh, and her father and mother had seen her more and more tightly in the past two years.

Since childhood, my father and mother have been spoiled, my brother has been hurt, and the servants and maids at home have let me do a lot, so Luo Fu doesn't know much skill in talking to people. To put it bluntly, she is a typical boudoir lady who is simple-minded, does not think deeply when encountering problems, does not know how to take care of others, and does not pay attention to skills when speaking, which is different from people like Ruier who have learned to observe words and emotions since she was a child and rely on exquisite thoughts to get by.

Different life circumstances have different personalities. Luo Shi didn't understand Rui'er's thoughts, because she didn't have Rui'er's personal experience, and when she spoke, she naturally just picked up what she wanted to say and said, and didn't think about whether what she said would make Rui'er ambiguous. Moreover, a young lady will not care about the maid's thoughts, this is instinct and a natural thing. Ruier only knew that Luo Fu was born to be a young lady of the Luo family, but she never thought that such a boudoir lady did not understand the world and the warmth of the world, and she would not understand the helplessness and struggle of her from a poor woman to a maid.

Luo Shi didn't understand Rui'er, so he didn't understand what the darkness in Rui'er's eyes meant.

Ruier doesn't understand Luo Fu, so she wants Luo Fu to be unlucky.

Ruier didn't take Luo Shi's words to heart, but she also took them to heart sentence by sentence, but before she met that person, all her unhappiness and resentment were just hidden in her heart. Like a seed buried in the soil in winter, quietly waiting for the arrival of spring, waiting for an opportunity to break through the soil.

Ruier helped Luo Fu out of the main hall and came to the side hall, where the worship is the son Guanyin, and Luo Fu's sister-in-law is kneeling reverently in the store. Luo Shi was embarrassed to bother, so he asked Rui'er to put some snacks and fruit bowls on the stone table and wait quietly.

In the center of the courtyard, instead of the pines and cypresses that are common in the temple, there is a hundred-year-old peach tree, which probably means flowering and fruiting. Luo Shi looked at the peach tree in a daze, and the voice came from his cold ears again.

"Remember, don't look in the mirror until the hour!"

She bit her lip and looked around, but her eyes fell on an old beggar leaning against the corner.

Such old beggars, found in almost every temple, some are silent, some are Shinto, to put it bluntly, they are just begging for some alms, barely surviving.

Luo Shi glanced at the old beggar a few times, and then asked Rui'er to take some pastries and give them to the old beggar. The old beggar took the pastry and opened his mouth to Luo Shi, who vaguely heard that sound again.

"Remember, don't look in the mirror until the hour!"

Luo Fu frowned, a little unhappy in her heart, she turned around and looked at the sister-in-law in the main hall who was still worshipping the Buddha.

Ruier brought the pastry to the old beggar, and when she saw him reaching out to take it, she couldn't help but feel a disgust in her heart. It's not that she thinks what's wrong with giving this pastry to the old beggar, but the hands that the old beggar stretched out reminded her of who she used to be.

When she had placed the cake at the old beggar's feet, she took two pieces of loose silver from her purse and put them beside the pastry. Then he got up, intending to return to Rashiki's side.

"Is it your wish to make the eldest lady disappear? You want to be the eldest lady of the Luo family. The old man raised his eyes and lowered his eyes, and said calmly: "However, even if the eldest lady disappears, what can I do?" You're still you, the wild girl from the countryside. Even if Luo Ping continues the string, it will not continue to your head. If you want me to say, you might as well take the place of the second lady, her future husband, but the fourth-grade official of the dynasty. ”

"What are you talking about?"

Rui'er's face changed.

"The old beggar is telling you the secret of your heart." The old beggar said, picking up the two pieces of loose silver: "For the sake of the silver taels you gave the old beggar, the old beggar also wants to help you." Let's go back. When you think about what you want, go to the City God Temple in Yunjiaji to find the old beggar. Remember, before the hour. If you miss it, you'll never have a chance to change your life. ”

The old beggar said, picked up the pastry, and staggered away.

Rui'er stared at the old beggar's back for a long time before returning to Luo Shi's side suspiciously.

Luo Fu saw that Rui'er's face was a little abnormal, and thought of the strange words that kept repeating in his ear before, and asked, "What's wrong with you?" But what strange thing did the crazy old beggar say to you? ”

Rui'er's face turned pale, and she hurriedly said, "No! Nothing! ”

"Ruier, don't be afraid. There are old beggars like this in many temples, and there are also some who speak Shinto. My brother told me that if I believed these beggars, it would be as they wanted, and that I would have to give them something more. If you don't believe, that's it. How to live your life, or how to live it. ”

Luo Fu's words were originally to comfort Rui'er, but when they fell into Rui'er's ears, the meaning was a little different, especially the last sentence, which made Rui'er feel that this was Luo Fu's warning to herself, don't think anything wrong about her brother, and let her be a maid in Luo's family in peace.

Originally, Ruier didn't really take the old beggar's words to heart, but it was Luo Shi's words that stimulated her nerves. She bit her lip secretly and kept the words "City God Temple" firmly in her heart.

I don't know if it was taken to heart by the old beggar's words, Rui'er, who returned to Luo's mansion, felt that the Luo family's affairs were aimed at her. After supper, the servants and maids departed as usual, laughing and laughing, leaving the messy dining room and kitchen to her. Because of distraction, he broke a plate by mistake, and was reprimanded by the old cook for a long time. not only deducted her moon silver for more than half a month, but also punished her to kneel in the courtyard for an hour.

Rui'er knelt in the courtyard, looked down at the brick cracks, held the broken bowl in the palm of her hand, and kept recalling what the old beggar had said:

"Is it your wish to make the eldest lady disappear?"

"You want the eldest lady of the Luo family?"

"What if the eldest lady disappears? You're still you, the wild girl from the countryside. Even if Luo Ping continues the string, it will not continue to your head. ”

"If you want me to say, you might as well take the place of the second lady, her future husband, but the fourth-rank official of the dynasty."

……

Four-grade officials! Four-grade officials!

All that's left in Rui's mind are those four words. Even if she is a country girl, even if she is only one of the more than ten maids in Luofu, she also knows what these four-grade officials mean. If she really became the wife of these four-grade officials, not only would the old lady be polite when she saw her, but even Luo Ping could only look up at her.

If she becomes the wife of these four-grade officials, what will be the expression of her father and mother when she returns to the countryside?

Ruil is looking forward to it.

The warm blood and the cold bowl were intertwined, bringing her a hint of pleasure. She bowed her head, knelt for an hour, and then silently cleaned up the kitchen, and retreated meekly under the satisfied eyes of the old cook. But no one saw that Rui'er at this time looked more like a wolf, a vicious wolf eager for revenge and blood.

Rui'er changed into black clothes, covered her face with a canopy, and slipped out of the back door quietly along the wall of Luofu. The streets were quiet, and there was no one in them. With her head down, she walked quickly towards the City God Temple, and when she was still some distance from the City God Temple, she saw the old beggar.

Just as Rui'er looked at the old beggar, the old beggar raised his head as well. Their eyes met, and Rui'er couldn't help but shudder.

All of a sudden, why did it become so cold!

Crunched over to the old beggar, he saw a wrinkled face.

During the day, when she was at Yong'an Temple, she did not pay attention to the appearance of the old beggar. After all, the old beggar at that time was just a begging old man in her eyes, and half of his face was covered by hair at that time, so she couldn't really see it. Now, half of his face is exposed, and there is a birthmark the size of a baby's fist on his face, and there are some pimples on the birthmark, which looks extremely terrifying!

Rui'er couldn't help but take a few steps back, the old beggar snorted softly, looked at the fear in her eyes and said, "Girl, have you thought clearly?" ”

Ruiel swallowed nervously. She didn't want to look at the old beggar's face, but her eyes seemed to be frozen by the birthmark, and she couldn't take her eyes off it.

"I ...... I'm just coming to see you, and that's what I'm ...... Think again. ”

The old beggar smiled weirdly: "Don't worry, don't worry, girl, you can think slowly." Is there still some time to go? ”

The old beggar's words reminded Ruier again. She clearly remembered that when she was in Yong'an Temple, the old beggar once told her that there was only one chance to change her fate, and it could only be before the time of the hour.

The palm of her hand is still hurting, and the pain is also reminding Ruier that she doesn't want to be a maid, and she doesn't want to be just a maid who can be wantonly beaten and scolded in the eyes of others in this life. If she can change her fate, if she can become the wife of the four-rank official in the court, she can do whatever she wants, except for her life.

She took a deep breath and shifted her gaze from the old beggar's birthmark to his cloudy eyes, "In Yong'an Temple, are all those words you said true?" What the hell do you have to do to make me replace Luo Shi as the wife of the four-rank official? ”

"The old beggar never cheats. This is a way to replace Rashiki, and naturally there are also methods. It's just that it depends on whether you have the courage to do so. The old beggar grinned, and the black birthmark on his face changed with it, faintly like a face, a terrifying, smiling grimace.

Rui'er lowered her head and thought for a while, "I have the guts, but I don't know if your method will work." ”

"It doesn't work, the girl will know if she tries it." The old beggar staggered to his feet and brought his face closer to Rui'er: "The girl needs to remember that if this happens, there is a rule to be followed every day from now on." ”

"What rules?"

"Don't look in the mirror before the hour of the day!"

Rui'er was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "What will happen if you take a photo?" ”

The old beggar smiled, squinted his eyes, and said, "If you take a picture, you will see something more terrible than a ghost!" ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)