Chapter 4 Classes
It was still dark outside, and the moonlight could not shine through the closed windows, and the closed room was like a cave with a closed door, isolated from the world, and the room was filled with an oppressive atmosphere.
The candle flame in the room swayed from side to side by the breeze blowing through the window, which added a bit of tension to the room.
Yang An tugged at his skin, which had stiffened from maintaining an expression for a long time, and showed a smile that he thought was kind, wanting to ease the tense atmosphere in the lower room.
"Little Cuihua, when I was dreaming just now, I dreamed that the evil ghost was running after me, and I was scared out of hysteria, so I went crazy just now."
After hearing this, Xiao Cuihua immediately touched Yang An's head with her little hand, and asked with concern: "Then your body is okay now!"
"There's nothing wrong with my body, but suddenly I forgot a lot of things from before, can you tell me about it?"
"Ahh Do you remember who you are? ”
Seeing that Yang An shook her head, the girl was suddenly in a mess, and the six gods said, "Then what can I do?"
"It's okay, you tell me slowly."
Under Yang An's comfort, Xiao Cuihua slowly calmed down, and looked at Yang An with a serious face.
Due to the urgency of time, Xiao Cuihua couldn't say much to Yang An, and because she herself had been deep in the palace, she didn't know much, but it was enough for Yang An to have a general understanding of the surrounding environment.
Now it is the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu iron cavalry has already entered the Central Plains, the Manchus have become nobles, the splendid rivers and mountains of China have long been in the bag of the barbarians, the trend of the Manchus sweeping the world can be seen by the discerning people, and the Nanming in the south is now just surviving.
Although he felt uncomfortable in his heart, Yang An knew that he couldn't do anything now, and the most important thing for him now was to understand the environment he was in as soon as possible, so that he could live, you must know that eunuchs and palace maids in the ancient palace had no human rights.
Yang An's body name of the little eunuch is Yang Jian, only thirteen years old, both parents died, and there is only an elder brother and sister-in-law in the family, but his brother is greedy and lazy, poor, and good at gambling, in order to pay off gambling debts, he sold Yang Jian into the palace as a eunuch.
Yang Jian's place of work is called Xin Zheku, the name doesn't sound like much, in fact, it is an inferior labor force such as brushing toilets, washing clothes, quilts, etc., which is directly managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is generally a criminal slave.
"Xin Zheku" is the transliteration of the Manchu word "sinjeku", which is the person who receives the food rations. Under the Eight Banners, there is a banner people's organization, Guan Ling, which is a kind of coating organization, and it is by no means an institution dedicated to supervising criminal slaves. Where the Xinzhiku people divide the original Xinzhiku and the Xinzhiku people into the Xinzhiku Library, it cannot be determined that the Xinzhiku people are all guilty.
Yang Jian is not guilty, he entered the palace as a eunuch when Emperor Chongzhen was still alive, during this period he tossed and turned, experienced three generations of emperors, and can be regarded as having escaped the bloody wind and rain to live until now. But he died very aggrieved, and he died of excitement, which allowed Yang An to take advantage of a loophole and get this body.
And Xiao Cuihua is the descendant of the original Ming Dynasty anti-ministers, it is a crime, plus her appearance was born delicate and beautiful, she was jealous, and she was tortured by others everywhere in the Xinzhi library, and it is considered her luck to live for so long, you must know that no one will pay attention to the disappearance of one or two palace maids and eunuchs in the palace.
But no one is perfect, no matter how big or small, Xiao Cuihua finally smashed an errand, and was about to be killed by a cane, but Yang Jian, who was sold into the palace and was also bullied, didn't know if it was a fever in the head that time, and Yang Jian, who had always been in the spirit of more than less, and endured the past, actually risked his life to save Xiao Cuihua.
So since then, the two of them have privately become the so-called "anti-food" among the palace maids and eunuchs.
Thirteen or fourteen years old is the age when boys are confused, and as an ancient, because they can live for a shorter time than modern people, they are curious about women earlier. But Yang Jian, as a eunuch, couldn't get rid of the fire in his body, and the accumulation in his body became an evil fire, and his heart became a little distorted, which was the scene when Yang An just woke up.
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At the accommodation of Xinzhiku, a sneaky figure slowly advanced along the corner of the wall, this is the residence of the eunuchs in Xinzhiku, and that ghost is Yang An, who is temporarily separated from Xiao Cuihua.
Yang An followed Xiao Cuihua to carefully avoid the guards in the dark, and walked around the palace until Yang An's head was about to turn dizzy, and the two finally arrived at the Xin Zheku.
Although Yang An had never seen what the palace looked like before, he thought that he would be able to see it for a long time this time, but in order not to be discovered, the two of them were careful not to be careful, for fear of making a little noise.
So Yang An followed Xiao Cuihua to the outside of Xin's library in a nervous and uneasy manner, because the palace maid and the eunuch lived in different places, so the two separated.
Yang An cautiously walked into the number C, and found that the eunuchs inside were sleeping soundly, and did not find that anyone had come in.
The room was not too big, there were five eunuchs sleeping in it, only the outermost bed was empty, Yang An didn't have to think about it to know that this was his own bed.
Quietly touched the side of the bed, touched the quilt, sure enough, it was cold inside, and when he woke up and suffered such a big change, Yang An was already physically and mentally exhausted, and wanted to rest well, but now he touched the bed, and he didn't take off his clothes, so he fell on the bed.
But the reality was not as good as people wanted, and before Yang An could lie down for a long time, it was already time for the point of the hour, and seeing the others walking out in a hurry, Yang An did not dare to delay, and followed others to the point of the point.
"Jin Changhe, Li Kasa, Qiong Liang, Erdan......"
After everyone stood neatly in the courtyard, a tall eunuch in charge of the steward took the roll call according to the roster in his hand, and it didn't take long for Yang An, who was standing in the crowd, to see two swaying figures in the distance walking forward, and when he looked closer, it was a young eunuch with a delicate face and a smile on his eyebrows and eyes who was supporting an old eunuch with gray temples and came over.
The old eunuch had a Mediterranean Sea on his head, surrounded by a few sparse hairs, a round face and a smiling appearance, coupled with a tall belly, and walked like a Buddha, which made people want to laugh.
Father-in-law Zhang, who was in charge, saw a trace of discomfort flashing in the eyes of the visitor, but he still smiled and complimented the visitor: "Yo! Father-in-law Liu, I've given you a salute, why are you here today? There was a flattering tone in his high-pitched voice.
"Excuse me, the miscellaneous family is here to mention a few people, ask the two clever and delicate little eunuchs to go with the miscellaneous family."
Father-in-law Liu ignored Father-in-law Zhang's courtesy, and a trace of gloom flashed in the latter's eyes, and then he hid his eyes, his face still full of smiles.
"This ...... Originally, it was understandable for Gonggong Liu to ask for someone, but these people had already arranged their work, if things were delayed, Gonggong Qin would blame him, and the villain really couldn't afford it. ”
Yang An couldn't help but feel a little stunned when he heard this, it was obvious that this father-in-law Liu had just arranged the work of a few people, why did he suddenly become all arranged?
"Humph!"
The Mi Luo Buddha's father-in-law Liu sneered, and there was no movement, and the delicate little eunuch beside him, who was dressed in meticulous eunuch clothes, naturally bent his waist straightened up immediately, and after taking half a step forward, the fingers overlapping in front of him were holding a slight orchid finger, pointing at Gonggong Zhang's face and saying softly. The godfather was ordered to clean the Xianfu Palace for the nobles to live in. ”
"You ......"
Being reprimanded by a little eunuch made Zhang Dequan's face a little unbearable, but he was afraid of delaying the nobleman's affairs, so he had to force himself to swallow this breath.
"Then Father-in-law Liu can choose who he wants."
Although he didn't dare to stop him, Zhang Dequan didn't give the two of them a good face, and his voice revealed a coldness.
"You, you, and you, let's go with the miscellaneous family."
Gonggong Liu cocked his fingers full of wrinkled skin with orchid fingers and selected Yang An's team, and selected three young eunuchs, and Yang An happened to be one of these three.
After selecting the people who needed to arrive, Gonggong Liu didn't stay any longer, and didn't say hello to Gonggong Zhang, who was standing, so he walked straight out of the courtyard with the support of the little eunuch beside him.
Yang An, who was following behind everyone, lowered his head stiffly, silently looked at the heels of the person in front of him, and had a lot of thoughts in his head. Yang An had already smelled the intrigue in the little Xin Scholar Library from the short scene just now, and it was clear that this huge palace must be full of intrigue and intrigues.
Thinking that he would have to survive in such a hell in the future, Yang An couldn't help but shudder.
Yang An went to the BJ Forbidden City to play, at this time walking in the palace, looking at the high walls and tiles, and the scene in the memory of the continuous coincidence, but there are no more sensational tourists, some are just back and forth palace maids and eunuchs, a majestic and heavy momentum permeates the air, everyone is leaning against the wall silently walking, there is no conversation between them, only when they meet a noble person wearing luxurious clothes and a noble status, they stop, retreat to the wall, and bow their heads to make a blessing, It wasn't until the noble man left that he slowly raised his head and walked forward silently.
The oppressive atmosphere made Yang An directly feel the ubiquitous classes in the old society, which made him feel very resistant to living under the light of socialism.
Damn it.
The afterglow of his eyes watched a pair of clothes and feet pass in front of him, Yang An retreated to the two walls and knelt on the ground, his forehead was lowered against the skin under the cold ground and twitched secretly, a trace of anger appeared on his face, fortunately he was lowering his head at this time, no one could see it, otherwise I am afraid that Yang An could go west.
"Let's go."
After the nobleman left, Gonggong Liu, who stood up, shouted lightly, waking up the pensive Yang An. The latter did not dare to slack off at the moment, and quickly got up and followed behind everyone.
"Alright, this is it!"
Yang An, who had been walking with his head down for a long time, raised his head and looked at the building in front of him.
The more Yang An looked, the more frightened he felt, this is just a partial hall of Xianfu Palace, but there are pavilions, buildings, flowers and trees, mountains and flowing waters, and its area is only larger than the three dormitory buildings where Yang An lived before.
Looking at the leopard in the tube, this is just a side hall is so magnificent, it can be seen how noble and gorgeous the main hall is, so that Yang Anxin, who has lived in the countryside since he was a child, secretly smacked his tongue.
How much does this cost, damn Manchu Tartars.
Before Yang An secretly calculated how much silver taels it would cost to build, he found a broom handed to him.
"Xiao Jianzi? Why are you in a daze, don't hurry up and get to work. ”
"Ah, oh, yes."
The other little eunuch who was traveling with him glanced at Yang An dissatisfiedly, and was about to teach Yang An a good lesson, but when he saw Gonggong Liu sitting on the side, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and he snorted heavily at Yang An.
"Clean up for me, if anyone dares to be lazy, the miscellaneous family will not spare him."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Yang An waved a big broom and swept the fallen leaves on the path of the winding path, and swept it down, the dust was flying, so choking that Yang An couldn't help but hide his face with his sleeves, his eyebrows were furrowed, and he looked gloomily at the paths in all directions, and was silent for a long time.
Such a large place, there should have been two people to clean it, but now only Yang An is working alone, and the other two eunuchs who came with him were only assigned some light work to wipe things, and all the dirty work was handed over to Yang An himself, and Liu Gonggong, who assigned the work, did not feel inappropriate at all, Yang An still remembered that he should be dissatisfied with the division of labor and looked at Liu Gonggong before, the contempt in his eyes, and the condescending look in his eyes deeply stimulated Yang An's fragile heart, making the haze in his heart even thicker.
It's not that he didn't want to fight for it, but Yang An saw an undoubted look in Gonggong Liu's eyes, thinking about his current identity, he could only humbly smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.