(3) The so-called goddess
When I woke up on the second day, Dong Zhuo was no longer in the house, and I stared at the closed wooden door with round eyes, but I didn't even have the ability to get out of bed...... O sorrow of the baby.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the door, and then there was a knock on the door.
The thin wooden door was overwhelmed and was quickly slammed open.
I watched with some disbelief, as a large group of ragged, yellow-skinned men, old and young, men and women, burst through the door, but almost all dressed like beggars.
Bandit? Brigand? Thief? Why are you so short-sighted? Don't you see that this house is already surrounded by four walls, and there is nothing?
"That's her, that's her! That day, I saw her fall from the sky, fell on the haystack, and was taken away by the lonely star of that day, and later heard that she was given to Aunt Lu, but Aunt Lu disappeared quietly! A short man pointed at me and shouted as if he had seen a ghost, looking very excited.
…… What does it mean to disappear quietly, obviously going back to Wuyuan's hometown! The corners of my mouth twitched, and I looked at the nonsensical guy with some depression.
"Strange numbers fall from the sky, and there will be disaster!" Someone shouted loudly, their eyes full of disgust and fear.
Not...... Outliers from the sky? I'm starting to feel a little bit wrong.
"Demons! Go to hell! "A wrinkled, yellow-skinned old man shouted like a madman, and rushed forward to grab me.
I stared at his long black and yellow nails, and I just thought it was all ridiculous.
I'm going to be sentenced to death? The joke is a bit big, right......
Before I could figure out a way to get out, the thin hand had already picked me up, I was horrified in my heart, and I was about to struggle, but those people suddenly lost their voices, I looked up suspiciously, and saw Dong Zhuo standing at the door with a blue face.
"Let her go!" Dong Zhuo clenched his fists.
"This woman is a strange number from the sky, it is a bad omen, staying in Lintao County will definitely bring disaster to everyone, she must die!" The old man said viciously, and lifted me up in the air, and threw me to the ground.
I was held high in the air by those wrinkled, black-and-yellow hands with my fingernails, and I felt like I was in close contact with death. Do you have to play me? Except that I haven't married at the age of twenty-nine, I don't seem to have done anything hurtful or rebellious, right?!
"Who dares to hurt her!" Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and yelled, slamming his fist on the door panel, with an unconcealable anger in his voice, almost squeezed out of his teeth.
A big hole broke in the door panel, and everyone was shocked and frightened.
The old man was not afraid, and only sneered: "Don't think that the old man doesn't know what your idea is this day!" Even if the old man dies here today, he won't let you succeed! This wicked demon must die! ”
Looking at his impassioned appearance of seeing death as home, I was almost in tears, this uncle, I am the one who is going to be killed now! It's me!
Also, I really don't know what Dong Zhuo's idea is! I would like you to clear up your confusion! Don't let me die in vain!
"Uncle Cao, what is the idea of the lonely star this day?" In the crowd, someone opened their mouths with a heart.
The old man's face twitched, and he glanced at the kid who had dismantled the stage.
The boy cowered his neck and ducked back into the crowd.
"This day the evil lone star is uneasy and kind, he himself is an ominous person, not to mention the death of his relatives, and he also cast a spell to summon this demon, this is a conspiracy! He is going to send us the entire Lintao County, no...... It's going to kill our entire Han Dynasty! The old man withdrew his gaze and spoke with a pained expression.
…… Uncle, why don't you write a novel! Isn't it a little too rich in imagination?
Dong Zhuo's face was gloomy, and his gaze was eager to tear the old man to pieces and dismantle and eat it.
I was embarrassed by the imagination of the uncle, and when I was silently complaining, the hand that grabbed me suddenly moved, and actually threw me straight to the ground.
I was so frightened that I immediately stopped my cranky thoughts and screamed.
At this moment, a "boom" explosion thundered overhead, and the old man seemed to be frightened, and his movements stopped suddenly, and he grabbed me and froze in place.
I clasped his hand tightly, glanced at the ground with palpitations, and silently thanked the thunderbolt that had come in time, and God who had not given me up completely. If I had been thrown to the ground just now, with my small body now, I would really be immortal and crippled......
With a soft breath, I closed my eyes, and it was imperative to save myself first...... I don't want to die like this under the imagination of an old man.
Because of the power of that thunder, there was silence in the room for a long time, I thought carefully about the cause and effect, ready to use the aftermath of the thunder and the feudal superstition of everyone present, while everyone was still stunned, I forcibly calmed the pounding heart, and when I opened my eyes again, my eyes were already indifferent.
"Let it go." My lips moved slightly, and I spat out two words clearly.
The old man was stunned for a moment, put down his hand with a "sigh", held me flat in front of him, and looked at me in disbelief: "You...... You can even talk? ”
I was carried in my hands by him like a chicken, and my feet were very uncomfortable hanging in the air, but there was no trace of panic and fear on my face, and I only looked at him coldly: "Presumptuous." ”
That expression, as if looking at a lowly ant, is not angry and arrogant.
I'm familiar with acting.
The old man seemed to be frightened by me, his hand suddenly loosened, my calves were short, my feet couldn't reach the ground, and I was about to fall to the ground, Dong Zhuo lived up to my expectations and rushed forward in time to catch me.
Returning to that familiar embrace, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Winter ...... How can there be thunder in winter? Suddenly, someone whispered in a trembling voice.
Although the voice was very small, because the room was very quiet, everyone heard that sentence, and then there was a "buzz", and the crowd seemed to have exploded, and you and I discussed it word by word.
"yes, yes, how can there be thunder in winter?"
"It's weird......"
"What's going on......"
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“…… Could it be that we offended the ...... Which one? "I don't know which one blessed the soul, and suddenly said.
Suddenly, there was silence in the room, and all eyes suddenly turned to me.
I squinted my eyes and looked at them with a nonchalant expression, not speaking.
It's too much to say and it's wrong, you can guess it, huh.
Such an indifferent and fearless expression appeared on the face of a little baby girl, and it immediately looked weird.
The room was terrifyingly quiet, the uncle's face was pale, cold sweat rolled down his forehead, and then he suddenly fell to the ground, and when he looked at it again, his face was like gold paper, and he had no breath at all.
"Uncle Cao!" Someone exclaimed.
"Closed ...... Shut up, do you want to die too! The other man slapped the man in fright, and then fell to his knees with a thud, trembling and prostrate on the ground, "God...... The goddess spared her life......"
If there is one, there are two, and if there are two, there are three. In a moment, the people in the room knelt on the ground. It worked so well that I could have imagined.
"Get out." Dong Zhuo's voice suddenly sounded.
Everyone was stunned, someone raised their eyes and secretly looked at me, and saw me sitting in Dong Zhuo's arms with an indifferent face, without saying a word, they quickly lowered their heads again, and one by one you pushed me to the ground and fished out, the whole process was extremely quiet, no one dared to make a sound, for fear of angering the goddess and attracting divine punishment.
The situation changed so quickly that I couldn't react for a while, and I frowned when I glanced at the old man who was left alone in place, he ...... You can't be scared to death, right?
Probably old, the heart is not loaded, but I was frightened again, and then I imagined some things like the punishment of gods and goddesses...... was scared to death like this......
"Wait a minute." Dong Zhuo's voice sounded again.
The crowd who was rushing out froze and didn't dare to refute, so they had to look at it reluctantly.
"Take him away." Dong Zhuo pointed to the old man on the ground and said coldly.
The crowd sighed, and quickly carried the old man and ran away.
The room was quiet again.
I suddenly felt a little uneasy, how could I explain to Dong Zhuo that I would speak? How should I explain Uncle Cao's death to him? Although I know he may have been scared to death...... But do you want to tell Dong Zhuo that the old man may have something like heart disease when he is old? And that thunder that I don't even know how to come by such a coincidence......
Or...... Forget about the coquettish gag?
Just when I was about to speak, Dong Zhuo moved, walked to the side of the bed and sat down, and put on the little red jacket made by Aunt Lu for me.
After sneezing, I only felt chills on my body, so I simply obeyed my body's arrangement, closed my eyes weakly and fainted.
…… There's no better way to escape.
"Laugh!" The last voice in his ears was Dong Zhuo's anxious call.
I don't know what kind of deep impression I left in the hearts of the villagers who broke into Dong Zhuo's house that day, but after that day, I don't know why, there was such a rumor in Lintao County, Longxi County, Liangzhou, that Dong Zhuo, the lone star of Tiansha, was favored by heaven and gave the goddess to go down to earth to resolve his calamity.
At that time, this rumored "goddess" was lying on the wooden couch and sucking chicken legs desperately......
A pair of big hands reached out, gently wiped the oil from the corners of my mouth, and took the chicken leg from my hand, and I looked up at him aggrievedly.
Dong Zhuo shook his head with a smile, then put aside the chicken leg that had been gnawed for a long time, sat down on the edge of the couch with a bowl, scooped a spoonful of porridge and handed it to my lips: "Xiaoxiao is sick, you can't eat such a greasy thing, can you drink some porridge?" ”
Very gentle、Coaxing a child's tone。
I flattened my mouth and drank the porridge aggrieved.
After drinking a small half bowl, I shook my head and said that I couldn't drink it anymore, so Dong Zhuo got up and pulled the quilt for me, then touched my head, turned around and went to the door to wash clothes. I almost forgot to mention that since I was the "goddess" by my side, Dong Zhuo had unfortunately become a nanny for cooking and laundry......
It's just about the events of that day, about the rumors of the "goddess", Dong Zhuo never mentioned half a word to me again, as if nothing had happened.
The days of boredom have passed for two years, and in the blink of an eye, this girl is two years old, which is really a gratifying thing.
In fact, sometimes I feel that it is not too bad to be able to rejuvenate, although all kinds of inconvenience and all kinds of boring, but it is extraordinarily reassuring and comfortable, although Dong Zhuo is poor, but for me, he has never been stingy, at least, I have never been hungry.
In this barren border town, it is not easy to have three meals without worry.
I know that this is already the best life that Dong Zhuo can give me.
It's just that since the "goddess" incident happened that day, Dong Zhuo has never taken me out of this hut again, no matter how coquettish and crying I am, it's useless, I'm trapped in this square inch, and I'm so bored that I'm about to grow mushrooms.
When I woke up early that morning, I saw a flatbread on the table, and Dong Zhuo didn't seem to have returned all night.
Half a year ago, he happily told me that he had found a job, and his life would be better in the future, and then he was busier and busier day by day in the past six months, and sometimes he would come back with injuries, although he tried his best to hide it, but I was not a real child after all, and there were always some clues to be found in the clues, but he endured it, and I couldn't say anything.
The probe looked outside the house, and it was snowing.
Slowly getting up, I freshened up on my tiptoes, put the flatbread on the table in the stove to heat it up, and walked slowly around the room twice.
When the flatbread was hot, Dong Zhuo still didn't come back.
I tore the flatbread in half and ate half of it, but he still didn't come back.
Wrapping the rest of the flatbread in my arms, I walked to the door and gently pushed it open.
As soon as the door was pushed open, a cold air hit me, and I shivered and stepped out of the door.
This is the first time I have walked out of this room in two years, because Dong Zhuo has always forbidden me to go out, and I myself have difficulty moving, and now although I am not too good at walking, he has not returned all night...... I couldn't rest assured.
Stepping out of the door, there was a small road in front of me, which had already been walked by, leaving a series of footprints in the snow, large and small, with mud, and it looked like a mess.
After walking a little further, it gradually became lively, the women who broke the ice and washed clothes by the lake talked and laughed loudly, and the children in shabby clothes were tied up in a pile in twos and threes, chasing and playing, and the scene looked warm and vivid.
I tried to get out of the way, but there was a thick snow on both sides of the road, and before I could stand firmly, I was hit hard and sat down in the snow.
"Hey, whose family are you, why have I never seen you?" The boy turned his head and asked quizzically as he reached out to pull me.
"I'm here to find Dong Zhuo, have you seen him?" I just wanted to find someone to ask, so I took his hand and asked.
The child's eyes widened suddenly, and then he shook off my hand as if he had seen a ghost, and ran away, calling to his stunned friends as he ran: "Run!" Run! That's the little goddess of Dong Zhuo's family! ”
With a shout, the children scattered and disappeared all at once.
I sat there stunned, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses and get up on my own.
…… What's going on?
The sky was full of snow, and I shrank from the cold to look left and right, perhaps the child's voice was so sharp and high-pitched that even the woman who was washing clothes by the river walked away with the basin in her arms.
Not...... Is it because of Uncle Cao's death? Their fear of ghosts and gods is really beyond my imagination, it has been two years, and those rumors have not subsided, but they are still spreading?
I couldn't find anyone to ask, so I had to walk slowly, remembering the way while walking, lest I forget the way back, and after walking for a long time, I gradually did not dare to go further, after all, this body is only two years old, it is really not safe to be alone like this, thinking, I moved the idea of going back.
"I just saw Dong Zhuo that day, and the lonely star was gone."
Just as I was about to walk back, I suddenly heard someone talking at a breakfast stall on the side of the road.
Dong Zhuo? I was slightly stunned, but immediately stopped, pricking up my ears to understand.
"Dong Zhuo? That Father and Mother, Brother and Brother? "At the stall early, someone answered.
Father and mother, brother and brother? I pursed my lips, and suddenly understood why the villagers were disgusted and frightened by his attitude.
"Yes, the whole family is dead, Mr. Liu from the east of the village gave him a hexagram, saying that he punished relatives and friends, and his six relatives had no chance, and he was destined to die alone in this life, and he stole and robbed a few years ago, and the past two years have been much better." The man from before sighed.
"Yes, I heard that God took pity on him and gave the goddess a special gift to the earth to resolve his calamity."
Goddess? I laughed, if it weren't for him, I, the goddess, would have been starved to death.
"Well, now I'm still the guard of the Taishou, huh...... Isn't that the car of the Lord Taishou? ”
A carriage approached, and the men lowered their voices.
I hurriedly turned around, and saw the carriage slowly stop, a fat old man stepped out of the car, and Dong Zhuo was standing aside.
The old man frowned and coughed slightly, Dong Zhuo paused, bent down and knelt on one knee in the snow.
My eyes widened suddenly, and I saw that the fat man actually stepped on Dong Zhuo's back and got out of the carriage.
I saw Dong Zhuo's fists clenched, and there were faint green tendons exposed, showing that he was enduring great humiliation.
I just stood there stunned, looking at him.
He seemed to sense something, and when he looked up, it was too late for me to hide, and he saw me, too.
When he saw me, his face suddenly turned blue and he hurriedly stood up. The fat Taishou hadn't yet stood firm, Dong Zhuo moved, he stumbled, his center of gravity was unstable, and he almost fell to the ground, and the guards next to him hurriedly stepped forward to support the piece of fat.
In the next second, the fat Taishou had already slapped Dong Zhuo in the face.
"Do you want to fall to your death! If it weren't for the fact that the official saw that you had the strength to reward you with food, you would have starved to death a long time ago......," the Taishou scolded.
Standing in the snow, I looked up at him and suddenly understood why I hadn't starved to death. At this moment, there was a warm feeling in the eyes that were almost dry except for acting.
The fat Taishou was angry for a long time, and seeing that Dong Zhuo didn't mean to ask for mercy at all, he couldn't help but be even more angry, and when he was about to apply color to him, his eyes turned and he looked at Dong Zhuo's gaze, and saw me standing in the snow.
"What a handsome little girl." Fat Taishou squinted at me, and a light flashed in his eyes, "Could it be ...... This is the little goddess who spread all the rage? ”
I was a little embarrassed, it turned out that the prestige of the goddess had really spread to everyone.
A thin guard behind him stepped forward with a flattering face, and whispered a few words in the fat guard's ear, because the distance was a little far, I couldn't hear what he was talking about, but I saw a greedy look in the fat guard's eyes.
Dong Zhuo also seemed to sense something, and hurriedly took a few steps forward, blocking me behind.
"Take her away." The fat Taishou reached out and touched his beard, and suddenly pointed at me and ordered.
"Who dare!" Dong Zhuo clenched his fists.
The guards who surrounded him were frightened by Dong Zhuo's angry shouts, and hesitated for a moment.
Taking advantage of that moment of hesitation, Dong Zhuo picked me up and protected me into his arms with one hand, wanting to break out, but saw that those guards had already surrounded me and blocked the way.
Seeing that there was no way to escape, Dong Zhuo suddenly rushed to the fat Taishou with lightning speed in his arms, because those guards only cared about surrounding me and Dong Zhuo, and they had no time to take care of Taishou for a while, or maybe they didn't expect Dong Zhuo to dare to attack Lord Taishou, so when they reacted, Dong Zhuo had already punched the fat face with a hard punch.
The fat Taishou was beaten all of a sudden, and it took a while to come back to his senses: "Kill this pariahs for this official!" He clutched his face and screamed.
The guards around didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately rushed up, once again surrounding Dong Zhuo in the middle.
Dong Zhuo roared loudly and picked up the shelf on the carriage on the side, the carriage immediately fell apart, and the horses tied to the front of the carriage were frightened and galloped out, causing a commotion. Dong Zhuo didn't care about it, he only waved the wooden stick removed from the carriage in his hand fiercely, and laid it across in front of him, his unkempt long hair flying in the cold wind, stained with snow.
That kind of momentum is like the humble guard who lived under the people just now.
The fat Taishou was also frightened and froze in place, not daring to shout anymore. Seeing that he was so powerful, those guards couldn't help but become timid, and they all retreated.
Dong Zhuo held the broken wood in one hand, hugged me and cautiously took a few steps back, then turned around and strode away.
Everyone was stunned by his momentum, and no one dared to chase after him for a while.
Dong Zhuo walked very fast, and after a short time, he left those people far away.
His hand tightly wrapped around my waist, so that I felt a little pain, I looked up and secretly glanced at him, and saw that his face was very ugly, and I couldn't help but feel a little weak, if I hadn't run out of the house without permission, this would not have happened today.
With a hint of timidity on my face, I tugged at his sleeve with a slight flattery.
He didn't stop, just looked down at me.
I smiled busily, took out the half of the flatbread that I had just put in my arms when I just went out, and handed it to his lips: "It's still hot, take a bite." ”
Dong Zhuo was slightly stunned, then the expression on his face softened a little, he let go of the broken wood in his hand and took the cake.
Seeing that he had taken the half of the flatbread from my hand, I pursed my lips and raised my hand to wrap my arms around his neck.
"I saw that you didn't return all night, and I was a little worried, that's why I ......"
"I'm sorry, not anymore." He didn't explain anything to me, just apologized in a low voice.
I lowered my head and saw a few more bruises in the corners of his eyes, and I didn't speak again.
Dong Zhuo stopped talking, silently took a bite of the cake, and walked back with me in his arms.
"Fugui, come back quickly! My mother bought you new clothes, today is your birthday, stop playing, come back quickly! "As I passed by a house, a woman was calling for her son, who was playing not far away, with a doting voice.
The child, named Fugui, immediately ran back with a smile.
I didn't dare to look at Dong Zhuo, I deliberately tilted my head to look at them.
"Xiaoxiao is two years old this year." slowed down, Dong Zhuo swallowed the flatbread in his mouth and suddenly spoke.
"Hmm." I nodded hurriedly, and smiled sweetly obediently, if you count it according to this body, it is indeed two years old, but he suddenly asked me what I am doing here?
The snow was getting heavier and heavier, Dong Zhuo didn't speak again, just hid me in his arms to block the wind and snow.