Chapter 178: Wasted Firewood
Mingyue's sleep was not very steady, she only felt dizzy and swollen, her mouth was dry, and she rubbed her temples with her fingers to restore a trace of clarity in her head, and her dizziness was slightly relieved.
Looking up at the environment in which he was located, he was in the place of a bed that was too simple to be simple, on the left side of the bed was an open dilapidated cage, a broken handkerchief was thrown in a corner, not far from the couch was a sour branch wooden table, next to which were placed four embroidered stools, the embroidered cloth had been seriously faded, and the original color could not be distinguished. There is a brown porcelain tea set on the table, and the whole room looks unusually simple and narrow, although the furniture is not as detailed here, but the comfort, warmth and spaciousness are as good as that.
Mingyue was stunned for a long time and then realized, this room, before she came, was only afraid that it was lived by the maid and servant of the county order, and after the county order came, because the population withered, there was no female owner who could call three or four, so the room was vacant.
Mingyue smiled bitterly, she was directly placed here by Huanxi, I don't know if it was Wei Zhixing's meaning, or Huanxi's own opinion.
Mingyue fought a cold war, her eyes swept to a carbon brazier in front of the couch, the carbon in it had already turned into white ashes, no longer red, no wonder the room was cold for a while, Huanxi prepared the first pot of carbon, and then it was never renewed, the aches and headaches all over his body, I was afraid that it was not only because of Song'er's disappearance and was in a hurry, but also because he was frozen when he just fell asleep.
Mingyue involuntarily shrank her body into the quilt, but found that the quilt had been hardened, and the cotton was hard, so she couldn't keep warm at all, so she had to sigh and get up and touch the outer wall of the tea cup, although it was not hot, but compared with the temperature of the room, it was still slightly warm.
Mingyue poured a bowl, wanting to take a bite to relieve the pain in her throat, her lips just touched the edge of the bowl, and suddenly a scream came, which scared Mingyue's hand and spilled out in fright.
Mingyue hurriedly put down the teacup, stood up in a panic and walked to the door, cold sweat broke out all over her body, her head didn't hurt when she landed, but she regained a little clarity, her hand was on the door, she pricked up her ears to identify the direction of the sound, and there was a burst of throbbing howls, Mingyue's heart beat like thunder, losing the original beating rhythm.
Mingyue hurriedly ran in the direction of the sound, stumbling in her steps, her heart was uneasy, and even her fingers trembled so much that she couldn't stop.
It was getting closer and closer, and it was getting clearer and clearer, and I saw that in front of the preface, there was a cauldron, which was full of water, and under the pot was a bunch of firewood as thick as a baby's arm, and the raging fire seemed to devour the whole cauldron.
The water had been boiled, bubbling and bubbling, forming a large steam above the pot, like a white monster steaming up, entrenched, and like countless claws, scratching people's hearts.
Five or six zhang away from the back of the pot, Princess Lu sat behind a plan in high spirits, on top of the plan, the dishes were complete, and behind her stood the maids, guards and servants.
The half-swollen maid Lian'er was holding a three-inch-long knife, carefully cutting a piece of meat on the plate, all of which were cut into small uniform pieces of meat half a finger length, and then firmly clamped to the lips of Princess Lu, Princess Lu opened the cherry mouth lightly, and then blocked her mouth with a handkerchief and chewed it into her throat. The whole process looks so noble and elegant, and there is an innate momentum of arrogance and everything.
Mingyue couldn't help but wonder, in this cold weather, why did Princess Lu, such a noble person, have lunch outside, and in front of the public, she cooked meat in a big pot to eat, which did not match her identity at all.
Princess Lu wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and smiled lightly at the corners of her mouth, if the lily in the first bloom is cowardly, if the dragonfly on the small lotus is frequent, anyone will admire, what a non-contentious, innocent and harmless smile this is.
Lian'er smiled flatteringly and waved her hand to the guards in the opposite direction.
Mingyue looked in the direction of waving her hand, only to see that five or six zhang away from the cauldron, a black-clothed and silver-armored guard raised a ruler-long knife in his hand, which refracted a dazzling light in the sun, shaking Mingyue's eyes couldn't help but close.
I only heard another scream, this time I finally heard it clearly, Mingyue's legs were weak, and she knelt directly to the ground, and the tears on her eyes suddenly blurred her eyes.
It's Xiaoqing, the little green donkey, the little green donkey that Mingyue saved with all her effort and financial resources, and the little green donkey that Wei Zhixing always loves to lead.
Mingyue stood up strongly, took two steps, knelt on the ground again, and stood up again, although her legs were still shaking, she was very firm, and walked step by step to the silver-armored guard.
When she got closer, Mingyue's eyes stared at the little green donkey tightly, and she felt that her breathing hurt.
A makeshift simple wooden frame, Xiaoqing's four feet were firmly fixed, the whole body was twisted and twitched weakly, a large hole was opened in the stomach with a long blade, the black skin hung down, and the meat in the middle was rolled, obviously cut by the guards and several pieces were missing, forming a *, and the white ribs were clearly visible.
The silver-armored guard didn't pay attention to Mingyue, but sliced a large piece of meat from the flesh and blood in good spirits, and put it in a shallow plate held by another guard, and the guard quickly ran to the pot and quickly threw the meat slices into the pot, and the meat slices rolled in the pot for five waves, and were fished up by the guard with a fence and put it in another guard's plate and served it in front of Princess Luo.
Mingyue's tears surged out again, only to see Xiaoqing, the belly that had been cut off was twitching painfully, and the gurgling blood flowed to the ground, condensing into a dark red scab, attracting countless mosquitoes and ants, together with Princess Luo, eating rare fresh and delicious.
Mingyue's throat was like being stabbed severely, she raised her eyes to look at Xiaoqing's eyes, the tears were swirling in the circles of her eyes, and finally condensed a large one and flowed forward, opening her mouth to Mingyue, screaming sadly, like meeting a mother's child.
Mingyue couldn't hold back, and finally knelt in front of Xiaoqing, howling and crying, how can this be, how can it be? If eating meat is to survive, but what is it for to eat my Xiaoqing alive? For what?
Mingyue didn't dare to look at Xiaoqing's eyes, inside, such as accusations, such as sorrows, such as pleading, Mingyue didn't dare to look at its pleading eyes, because she didn't know if she had the ability to save it among the dozens of black-clothed and silver-armored, iron-skilled, and martial arts guards, or, even if it was saved, would it be able to survive.
Mingyue crawled to the princess who was more than ten zhang away, and the long drag mark was wiped on the big bluestone, Mingyue kowtowed on the stone like pounding garlic, and begged bitterly: "Please let the nobleman spare Xiaoqing, please let the nobleman spare Xiaoqing......"
Princess Lu's good-looking eyebrows furrowed, and she said unhappily: "Who are you Xiaoqing?" Why did you come to beg for mercy? ”
Mingyue was stunned, and after thinking about it for a long time, she didn't think of how to answer, she just kowtowed vaguely: "Ask the nobleman to spare Xiaoqing, beg the nobleman to spare Xiaoqing......"
Princess Lu's expression was calm, without anger or sadness, but looked at Mingyue and said: "I heard that there is a popular delicacy in Chaoyang County, which is extremely fresh, that is, 'eating dogs raw and donkeys', this little green donkey is tender and tender, it is a delicacy given to the concubine by my brother, what is your intention?!" ”
Is it the food that Wei Zhixing prepared for his old lover? My little green?
Mingyue collapsed to the ground, the despair in her eyes was like ashes, and it was an extravagant hope to rekindle her self.
Reason told her that it couldn't be Wei Zhixing's old lover who gave him, but it was indisputable that Xiaoqing's death was inseparable from Wei Zhixing, and it couldn't be separated from herself! Mingyue hates it! hates himself for being incompetent, and even hates Wei Zhixing for provoking a female devil!! What's even more hateful is that Wei Zhixing also offered the female devil to the heavenly immortals, protecting each other everywhere!!
The little green donkey screamed again, it must have been the guard who had poisoned him again, but the scream was not as loud as before, as faint as the struggle and pleading appearance of the first time it saw Mingyue.
Mingyue's heart died, and she was so painful that she didn't know what the pain was.
Mingyue raised her eyes, tried to pull out a weak smile, and said in a trembling voice: "Princess, you only know one thing, you don't know the other, fresh donkey meat is delicious, but it is divided into different parts and eaten in different ways, so that it can play the extreme, such as the donkey's front leg tendon meat, which is most suitable for stir-frying; The belly meat of a donkey, which is best suited for roasting; The donkey's heart-protecting meat is the most suitable for cooking, and the most suitable place for the heart-protecting meat is the freshest delicacy, and the princess can ask the peasant girl to take it out for you? ”
A trace of suspicion flashed in Princess Lu's eyes, and then she was relieved, in front of the strong and powerful, you have to lie down if it is a tiger, and you have to coil it if it is a dragon. This peasant girl was a wise man, and when she saw that she could not save the little green donkey, she turned around and tried to please herself, just like all lowly maids, who always wanted to climb onto the master's couch and become a concubine; And all the humble concubines always want to play some conspiracy tricks to refuse the seat of the main room as their own, this is the cycle of heavenly principles, this is the law of the jungle, and they can't complain about others.
Princess Lu nodded with satisfaction, and agreed to Mingyue's proposal, but she still asked the guards to block in front of her, in case Mingyue had a knife in her hand, and then attacked her.
It turned out that she thought too much, Mingyue held the knife, just stood up firmly, turned around, and walked towards the little green donkey step by step, with each step, the footsteps were as heavy as 10,000 tons of stones, and with every step, her breath was as stinging as a sharp needle prick.
finally walked in front of Xiaoqing, and it seemed that he had survived 10,000 years.
Mingyue wiped the tears in her eyes, stroked the head of the little green donkey with pity with her left hand, like caressing her newborn child, lightly opened her lips, and said "I'm sorry" silently, then blocked the eyes of the little green donkey with her left hand, and stabbed the long knife directly into Xiaoqing's abdomen with her right hand.
The long knife was all submerged in the belly of the little green donkey, and the little green donkey was silent before he could cry out, and he was killed with one sword, ending the boundless pain of live chopping.
Blood droplets flowed backwards down the knife edge to the hilt, and then to Mingyue's palm, to Mingyue's arm, dyeing half of the sleeves red, and Mingyue's eyes were red, like the red blood.
The long knife fell to the ground with a "choking", breaking Mingyue's heartstrings and waking up the equally stunned princess, and the woman who had never dared to disobey suddenly stood up, her face flickering and darkening, like this flickering and dark sky, which made people uneasy.
Princess Lu waved her hand, and several guards rushed up, dragging Mingyue to the princess like a cattle, waiting for the woman to fall.
Princess Lu only lost her temper for a moment, and then returned to her noble and indifferent appearance, sitting on the chaise longue behind the table, her white fingers lightly picked, revealing bright red fingers, which was even more delicate.
The woman lightly opened her lips and said indifferently like a flowing cloud in the sky: "If you dare to play tricks under the nose of this concubine, this concubine is reluctant to kill you, but this pot has already been set up, wouldn't it be a waste of firewood if you don't burn it?" ”