The Shen family does not have a back door, there is a small door in the corner alley next to the stable in the backyard, although the small door is locked, but the wall there is not high, and there is a pile of sundries piled up, it is not difficult for people to climb out of the wall.

The Shen family is not big, there are few yards, and the paths that pass between the yards are also single, if Liu Xi and Shen Nianhuan walk from the main gate, they will definitely have to pass through the front yard, and if they don't do well, they will collide head-on with Shen Kuo and his wife, and for the sake of safety, Bian Nuan led Liu Xi and Shen Nianhuan to the corner alley in the backyard.

When he was about to walk into the alley, Bian Nuan stopped and said to Shen Nianhuan and Liu Xi: "When you go in, be careful under your feet, there is Ah Hong buried inside, be careful not to step on it, especially you." Said to Liu Xi.

Liu Xi nodded: "Little Miss, don't worry." ”

Shen Nianhuan was sentimental, and when she heard that Ah was buried inside, her eyes were wet again.

Although she has been hiding in the house and rarely comes out all these years, she has always paid attention to Ah Hong's situation, but she has not been to the backyard to see it.

Speaking of which, Ah Hong's name was still chosen by her, she was eight years old that year, and she had not yet met a bandit.

Ah Hong was bought by Shen Kuo from the caravan passing through Yangcheng, and when he first came to Shen's house, he was very untamed, and Shen Kuo couldn't accept it with a lot of effort.

Shen Kuo saw that Ah Hong liked Shen Nianhuan and when he trained Ah Hong again, he would bring Shen Nianhuan with him, and those days were also the happiest times in Shen Nianhuan's memories.

At that time, Ah Hong's fur was still light-colored, red in the sun, very beautiful, so Shen Nianhuan gave it the name "Ah Hong".

Later, she followed Shen Kuo and his wife out of the house, and met bandits on the way, but fortunately, Liu Xi sacrificed her life to protect her at that time, so that she could live well to this day. But since then, her temperament has changed greatly, she doesn't like to talk or laugh, and she locks herself in the house all day long.

Shen Wangshi was not at ease, afraid that she would be sick, so he asked Liu Xi to take her out for a walk. But Liu Xi is not the Shen family after all, and he picked it up, he doesn't know the roots, and he is much older than Shen Nianhuan, and the Shen Wang family is not very relieved to hand over the young Shen Nianhuan to Liu Xi to take with him, and only let Liu Xi take it for half a year, and then he won't let Liu Xi take it anymore.

Later, Shen Nianhuan and Shen Nianxiao were older, and Shen Wang's family ordered that Liu Xi was not allowed to have contact with Shen Nianhuan's three sisters, and the two daughters were also explicitly forbidden to have any contact with Liu Xi.

In the following years, it was not that Shen Nianhuan was unwilling to go out of the room, but that Shen Wang's gave her a grounding order, because Shen Wang's found out that she had feelings for Liu Xi.

The three of them entered the alley, and sure enough, they saw a large dirt bag piled inside. Liu Xi didn't dare to linger long after listening to Bian Nuan's words, and paid attention to the wall under his feet and did not stop until he walked to the end of the alley.

Shen Nianhuan has feelings for Ah Hong, and bowed deeply to Ah Hong's simple "grave" before going inside.

"Big sister, what do you think of Ah Hong's existence in our family?" Bian Nuan suddenly remembered Gu Yansheng's words during the day.

Shen Kuo seems to be a horse lover on the surface, and he seems to care about Ah Hong very much, but when he comes here during the day, he doesn't look at it, he turns his head and leaves, regardless of Ah Hong's life or death.

She remembered that Gu Yansheng's expression was a little surprised when she heard that Shen Kuo was raising Ah Hong, there were words hidden in her words, there was sarcasm, and there were other meanings. She wanted to know what Gu Yansheng was trying to express.

"Do you think my father really loves horses? Or is it just a superficial appearance? If his father doesn't love horses, what does he do with Ah Hong? Why do you have to pretend to love horses? ”

Shen Nianhuan said: "Xin'er, my father has always been charitable, don't misunderstand my father, my father said that Brother Liu was really wrong, but I believe that my father must not have a heart, he maybe, maybe just joking, no malicious ......" Her voice became smaller and smaller, probably remembering that Liu Xi was on the side.

looked at Liu Xi in front, a little uncomfortable, and said, "Xin'er, it's not too early, I should go." ”

Stepping on the debris piled up in the corner of the wall, Shen Nianhuan climbed over the wall effortlessly.

When it was Liu Xi's turn, Liu Xi was slow to act.

"Don't tell me you regret it now and don't want to leave?" Bian Nuan lowered his voice and questioned Liu Xi, afraid that Shen Nianhuan on the other side of the wall would hear it.

Liu Xi hurriedly shook his head: "Little Miss, I have something to tell you." ”

"What?" Bian Nuan looked vigilantly at Liu Xi, who was slowly approaching her.

Liu Xi saw that Bian Nuan was afraid of him, so he stopped walking forward: "Little Miss, don't be afraid, I'm just afraid that the eldest lady will hear it." ”

Bian Nuan thought that he was going to tell the truth about Liang's death, and no longer took a step back: "Do you still know what you haven't said?" ”

Liu Xi said: "The little lady is not about Aunt Liang, but about the master." ”

Shen Kuo?

"What?"

"Little Miss, a few years ago, a city near Yangcheng was invaded by the enemy, and the army was sent to encircle and suppress it, and then our Beiliang army won a big victory and annihilated all the enemies, but the army also suffered heavy losses. For some reason, instead of giving comfort and reward to the troops sent to fight, the above beheaded the general who led the army. The broken army lost its leader, and was chased and killed from above, and fled in all directions, and one soldier passed by our door and fainted to the ground. I went to tell the master, and when the master learned about it, he saved the soldier, and then the soldier woke up and quietly left on his own, but left the seriously injured horse behind. ”

"The above sent people to search around, the county commander searched our house, and saw the soldier's fallen war horse, the lord said a lot of things that the county commander was willing to help the lord hide it, but the lord dealt with the war horse within a day, if it affected Yang Cheng, he pushed the lord out and handed it over to the top for disposal. The war horse was so big, and it was seriously injured, and it must attract people's attention if it was brought out, and if it could not be sent out of Yangcheng, it could not be handled, so the lord killed the war horse in a fit of anger, skinned it, shaved the meat, chopped the bones, and the meat was mixed with the meal and eaten, and the skin and broken bones were buried in the ground. ”

"Originally, there were no alleys here, but they were separated by a wall that was erected later."

Bian Nuan was shocked when he heard it: "You can't bury it directly, why do you have to eat meat with such cruel broken bones?" ”

Liu Xi said: "Little Miss, I said so much, in fact, I want to tell Little Miss that the master is not as kind as he looks, and the master is ruthless in his heart." As the little lady said, the old man could have killed the horse directly and dug a pit to bury it, but the old man didn't. The war horse brought trouble to the lord, and the lord hated it very much, and it was only by breaking bones and eating flesh that he could relieve the hatred in his heart. I watched the old man skin and shred the horse with his own eyes, and he didn't let me help, he handled it alone. ”

"That meat, he—he ate it alone?"

"The eldest lady and the youngest miss, you are all ......"

Bian Nuan only felt a churn in his stomach.

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