Under the white moonlight, many things were covered with a veil, and it was impossible to see clearly.

Wu Niang could still see something inserted in Aunt Cui's vest, the hand she was holding Wu Niang first loosened, then tightened, and the other hand was clenched into a fist desperately trying to support herself from the ground.

Wu Niang couldn't help crying anymore with a "wow-".

The footsteps behind were approaching, not as fast as before, Wu Niang raised her head in horror, and with some vague tears in her eyes, a man of medium stature approached in a somewhat awkward posture. Dressed a little like the group of people just now, Wu Niang didn't have any impression.

looked down at Aunt Cui who had been struggling to get up, and Wu Niang gritted her teeth to help.

No, the man suddenly raised his foot and stepped on Aunt Cui, who was about to get up. Aunt Cui was on her back with a dagger, and as soon as Aunt Cui's body moved, the dagger also moved a little, and blood flowed out in a row.

Aunt Cui turned her head and finally saw the appearance of the person who came: "You...... It's you? ”

The man's feet were a little harder, and Wu Niang wanted to pounce and push the man's feet away, but Aunt Cui grabbed her tightly: "Yue'er, don't move, my mother is fine." ”

The man raised his hand and pulled out the dagger on Aunt Cui's back violently, and a stream of blood shot out from the wound in the back of the heart.

Aunt Cui snorted in pain.

Wu Niang, who was standing close, felt that her face was suddenly sprinkled with drops of warm and sticky substance, she blinked, and found that there was a blood red in front of her, and the warmth on her face quickly turned into a cold feeling.

Wu Niang's retreat was a little soft, her face was a little stunned, and she didn't seem to come back to her senses.

"Stinky girls, you have made me miserable. Still want to escape? Lao Tzu originally wanted to watch you and your little girl being slept by thousands of people and ridden by thousands of people. The second son of a bitch ran out to stir up the situation again. However, he was so badly injured. I guess I can't make it to life, you ...... Don't try to escape. ”

The man's face was turned away from the moonlight, hidden in the shadows. Aunt Cui had been with them for a long time, and she had already recognized this person as one of the people who wanted to violate her last time. In the end, she didn't remember the name of the one who was kicked into the lower body by Zhou Lao Er.

Aunt Cui didn't move, but when the person's words just fell, she suddenly bounced up and pushed Wu Niang away, and reflexively hugged the man's legs.

"Yue'er, run."

The man was surprised at first, then a bloodthirsty light flashed in his eyes, and he raised his hand and stabbed the dagger in his hand into Aunt Cui's back. Aunt Cui's body stiffened. The hand holding the man's leg was not loosened for half a minute, but he just looked at Wu Niang, who was still stunned, and shouted: "Yue'er, run, run-"

Her voice was very poignant in this winter night, like the chirping of an old eagle, which brought Wu Niang back to her senses. She looked at Aunt Cui with tears, but she couldn't move.

The man raised his hand, and the dagger stabbed Aunt Cui's back one by one, and the excitement in his eyes was inexplicable. Aunt Cui didn't seem to feel any pain at all. The knife seemed to be pierced into someone else's body. She only took a pair of eyes, looked at Wu Niang pleadingly, her lips squirmed, and she just shouted desperately. She was speechless.

Wu Niang closed her eyes, turned her head and ran away, the sound of panicked footsteps and her rapid breathing filled her ears, but this sound only deepened her fear. This voice woke her up from midnight dreams countless times in her later life, and became a lingering nightmare for her life.

The last of Aunt Cui's life was all about a pair of ears and a pair of hands, so that no matter how the man started, he couldn't let her let go of her hand for half a minute, and he couldn't take a step to chase Wu Niang. is so tenacious that people have to sigh at the power of motherhood.

It wasn't until Aunt Cui felt that she couldn't hear the footsteps that a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. But before she could let go, the man's knife slashed at her wrist.

Aunt Cui looked at her wrist and smiled, she couldn't feel the pain anymore.

Eventually, she let go of her hand and collapsed.

Her eyes were always open, looking at the cold moonlight in the sky, the dull sound of the knife slashing into her flesh, and the sound of striking iron in the corner of the street outside her uncle's house, in the depths of her memory.

"You kid! The two bowls of rice that I ate at noon went to the dog's stomach? Give me some force! Do you also call it ironing? You're playing cotton! ”

The shirtless, swarthy and sturdy boy rolled his eyes at his master with his back.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps coming from the corner of the street, and after listening carefully, I immediately stared at the door, and when I saw the beautiful girl who was passing by wearing a blue floral dress, two braids, and a basket of washed clothes in her hand, she immediately grinned, and her white teeth were dazzling white in the firelight.

Day after day, year after year, the footsteps approached, the footsteps faded away, and the boy's somewhat piercing smile never missed a single time.

Aunt Cui never suffered less when she was a child, and she dreamed of being out of the ground at a young age. She has made all kinds of calculations and vicious methods in her life, either for glory or wealth. She decided that when she died, she must still be on a high bed and a soft pillow, and the last thing she thought about was how to distribute the wealth she had planned to her children. But who could have predicted the time of death?

Wu Niang kept running and running, she didn't know where she was going to run, she only knew that her aunt told her to run, don't stop. So she ran until she couldn't run anymore, and it was already dark.

When Wu Niang came back to her senses again, she found herself cowering in a corner somewhere in the city. She stood up against the wall, but found that her legs were so sore and numb that she couldn't get up, so she had to sit down again. The surrounding streets are bustling with people, and not far away is a middle-aged couple pushing a wheelbarrow to buy pancakes. But no one looked at Wu Niang, who was dirty, but Wu Niang felt that this was safe, she was most afraid that someone would look at her at this time, and anyone's attention made her feel afraid.

"Eh, have you heard that the daughter of a court official was kidnapped by thieves in the Great Compassion Temple yesterday." Two people waiting in line for the pancake fruit chatted.

"I've also heard that it's the Wang family's house in Mao'er's Eye Alley. The Wang family, but out of the old Wang family, this thief's courage is really big! The other shook his head.

The proprietress who was busy collecting money smiled: "You are all old yellow calendars, I have the news I just got today." ”

"Oh?" Those who bought the breakfast were very interested.

The proprietress was a little proud: "Early this morning, when I was frying fruits at the door of my house, I heard from Mrs. Yang on East Street." That young lady of the Wang family, after being taken away yesterday, was afraid that her innocence would be ruined, and she had no face to face the ancestors of the Wang family, and she had already committed suicide by pulling out hairpins. ”

The crowd was in an uproar.

"Is that so?"

"Since it is the royal family of the Shili heirloom, it is normal to be able to raise such a chaste daughter." Someone chimed in.

"Isn't it, everyone was still worried that even if this young lady was rescued, where would there be any innocence? However, her existence disgraced the family, and even her elders in the court were disgraced. However, in the end, she was still a girl from the Wang family, loyal and courageous, and immediately removed the golden hairpin on her head and wiped her neck. ”

There was a sigh of embarrassment around, all sympathetic and awe-inspiring.

"The Wang family can raise such a daughter, presumably the Queen Mother will give the Wang family a chastity archway. It's a great honor. "Someone remembered.

"No, such a daughter should be a model for those ladies in the boudoir......"

“……”

Wu Niang listened to these people on the side, she seemed to listen to everything, but she didn't seem to hear anything. Because the people and things in these mouths make her feel both familiar and strange.

Who are they talking about?

Kidnapped by thieves...... Pulling out hairpins and committing suicide...... Chastity archway...... Wang Jia......

Wu Niang lay on her knees and didn't move.

***

"What? Where did this news come from? When Li heard the rumors from outside the steward, he was so angry that he almost flipped the table.

"It is now spread all over the streets and alleys that Miss Fifth has committed suicide in order to protect her chastity because she is unbearable. Even the corpses were thrown into the river. ”

Li closed his eyes, a little tired.

Who is spreading rumors behind and wants to put Wu Niang to death? As soon as this rumor spread, it was difficult for the Wang family to ride a tiger, and Wu Niang had only a dead end.

Yesterday, the people of the Wang family did not come back until after everyone left the Great Compassion Temple, Wang Xian and Wang Dong both used their connections to secretly search for the whereabouts of Wu Niang, but until now they have found nothing, and this nonsense rumor has spread one step ahead.

After that, Xue took Sanniang to Wenjiayuan in a hurry, and before he could speak, Li sighed and said, "You have all heard about it, right?" The people behind this are so vicious. ”

Wang Zheng slapped the table: "It must be the slut of the county lord of Huilan!" I'm at odds with her! ”

Li Shi glanced at Wang Zheng: "Where have you learned the rules?" Foul language, where is a little bit of everyone's young lady's bearing and recuperation! ”

Wang Zheng didn't pay attention to it just now, so she lost her words, and seeing Li's stern face, she knew that Li was in an extremely bad mood at this time, and she didn't dare to be disobedient, so she hurriedly lowered her eyebrows and admitted her mistake.

Li sighed and shook his head, leaving her alone.

"Uncle and grandmother, what will happen if Wu Niang can come back?" Sanniang, who had not spoken, suddenly looked up at the Li family.

Li Shi was stunned for a moment, closed his eyes and sighed again: "It's not up to us to call the shots." ”

Sanniang lowered her head and stopped talking.

The Wang family, not only their own room can call the shots, when it is related to the honor of the Wang family, the clansmen are sometimes more ruthless than robbers to be executioners. (To be continued)