During the day, each courtyard of Taofu performs its own duties and runs in an orderly manner, and occasionally there are family banquets or guests visiting at night. Master Tao and Mrs. Tao occasionally encounter some more cumbersome things, and will come to Grandma Feng to discuss.

After observing it for so many days, Ah Jing admired in his heart that such a large mansion was so well maintained by these masters, and his life was peaceful and waveless. Such a comfortable and leisurely situation made her almost forget the painful and panicked life in the city of Deqiao.

To be honest, Grandma Feng doesn't need the help of this little girl, Ah Jing, there are several big girls on her left and right hands, and there are also many errand servants who can do things, and they are rich no matter how they call.

In the past, she was driven by food and clothing to work in Chuqiao City, and she was scolded and scolded without taking care of it at all, and she was used to being cautious. For as long as she can remember, Ah Jing has never been so idle, which makes her feel like a superfluous person. Grandma Feng saw her thoughts, called her wherever she went, took her everywhere to recognize people, and walked around more.

There was nothing big about it all day, but I was taken by Grandma Feng, and I walked in a mess, and when I came back, I was tired and half dead, and I had a lot less cranky thoughts, and I fell asleep as soon as I turned my head.

At this time, Ah Jing was only fourteen years old. In the heart of a young man, especially at this age of youth, a short period of time will be magnified infinitely long. This kind of long and ordinary life has eroded the pain in Ajing's heart, but has raised the innocence of the young man in her heart.

The memories before I came here seem to be from a previous life. The name Jiao Yi has become very unfamiliar. Including the little slaves who knew her well, if they met again, they might not be able to name each other, and they didn't dare to recognize each other.

It was a painful and boring time, and every day was an endless job, either moving small stones, washing clothes, dyeing cloth, or feeding pigs. Exposed to the sun every day, or in a dark and closed secret room, they don't care if there is one more slave or one less. Everyone met so indifferently, like one machine meeting another. I don't know how salty or picky I eat, I just feel that I can live if I eat enough. In retrospect, it was like a time in a vacuum where no one wanted to speak, because if you didn't speak, you wouldn't waste your energy.

Every word Jiao Yi said, Ah Jing remembered in his mind. Because he can laugh, he's not a slave, he doesn't have the numbness of a slave. Uncle Jiao and Aunt Jiao seem to have gone out of Qiaocheng for a small business, and after a few years of settling there, they happened to meet Ajing. If Ah Jingwei is a foot or sick, Aunt Jiao will come to care, and she will also visit Jiao with her, and they will get acquainted with each other after a long time.

At that time, there was an official in charge of slaves, and everyone secretly called him salad oil. Salad oil is an old steward with glasses, and he can't remember anything clearly, and these little slaves always love to bully him and not remember, but he doesn't know anything he cares about.

Why did he give him this nickname, Ah Jing also forgot. I only remember that I loved to play crazy at the time, and there was a male baby, who seemed to be called Ah Yan, who belonged to him the most skinny, took the lead in shouting, and the salad oil salad oil shouted the old steward with glasses behind his back, and everyone followed the trend and bullied him.

Jiao is very different, he likes to read in the slave pile. Every time Ah Jing was working, he could always see Jiao Yi reading a book in a cool place, with a pot of tea and sometimes a watermelon or two.

This is envious of those little slaves, and Ah Jing saw it, and his heart was also very unbalanced. The difference between people is that you are digging stones in the sun, and someone is eating watermelon next to you. At that time, Ah Jing was thinking, why was I born a slave, why can't I be like him?

......

It's bitter, as long as Jiao Yi can live, Ah Jing is willing to return to that kind of life. She also wanted to be able to see Jiao Yi reading in the slave pile, and when everyone was working in the sun, he was alone eating melons and drinking tea and pulling hatred......

"I'm such a coward," thought Ajing. She didn't dare to think about the truth of the fire, and she was afraid to recall everything in Qiao City alone.

Now Tao Sheng is fifteen years old, and according to his age, he is going to go out to apprentice. Master Tao and Mrs. Tao also intend to let their son go out to experience experience, after all, those who achieve great things must first work their muscles and bones, starve their body and skin, and be motivated to endure before they can become what others can't do.

In the past, the family also invited several virtuous scholars and chivalrous people, and they spared no effort to teach Tao Sheng what they had learned all their lives. He learns very quickly, and now he has nothing to learn but to open his eyes outside the house.

Coincidentally, Grandma Feng's little granddaughter gave birth to a second boy, and her grandson-in-law was also filial, and wanted to invite Grandma Feng back to live at home. Where are the old men and Mrs. Tao willing to let go? But no matter how much glory and wealth they give Feng's mother, where can they be more harmonious than their own sons and daughters to be filial. So he agreed, and gave a generous gift, and ordered someone to escort him home and properly help him resettle.

Grandma Feng had a long talk with Master Tao before leaving, both reminiscing and saying goodbye, during which two or three sentences talked about Ajing.

"I have a meaning, Ah Jing and Xiao Sheng are the same age, this girl was rescued by Tao Sheng, there must be a good fate in the dark, and Ah Jing is a child who knows how to repay him, this time Tao Sheng went out to study, you can take Ah Jing to go, if necessary, Ah Jing may be able to save Tao Sheng's life. Grandma Feng said.

When Master Tao heard this, he was a little surprised, he never thought about putting two people who were not related to each other together. But this is Feng's mother proposed, there should be its reason, Feng's mother is the person who escaped after the disaster of a large family, blessed and generous, and he can't catch up with knowing people and judging things, thinking about it, it is decided: order Ajing and Tao Sheng to go to learn art together.

If you want to say that this place of apprenticeship, looking at the whole Hague, the most important place to know the destiny of heaven is Xiuyan Ruins. Capable people and strangers have gone from there to various confidential positions in The Hague, the royal courts of the past dynasties have been replaced, and the Xiuyan Ruins have always been there, and when the former Great Salt died in the country, The Hague did not move the Xiuyan Ruins at all, which shows the respect of the monarchs of the past dynasties there.

The Tao family naturally had high hopes for their son, so Xiuyanxu was the best choice. Half a month later, Tao Sheng and Ah Jing set off. The two of them carried improvised luggage.

Originally, Mrs. Tao had prepared a few boxes of things, but Tao Sheng refused. After thanking his mother, he said that he was going to learn art on this trip, and he didn't need this. Master Tao also wanted to order the samurai to follow, but Tao Sheng also refused, saying that his current ability was enough to protect himself.

In the end, Tao Sheng did not refuse to take Ajing, Tao Sheng said that slaves are not slaves in nature, as long as they are given the right guidance, they can grow into good trees. This remark made Master Tao secretly feel that what Grandma Feng said might have a big truth, and the two of them had a fate, or they could only be explained by time.

The two rode two donkey foals all the way, this Hongqi and Luluo are not ordinary donkey foals, they are treasure donkeys that have been raised in Taofu for many years, and their foot strength is superior.

Ah Jing wears a veil and a hat, for fear that others will recognize him as a slave, and appears to be hiding along the way. Walking beside him was Tao Sheng, the son of the lord of Tao Jiang City, and when he walked in Tao Jiang City, no one questioned Ah Jing's slave status. Out of Taojiang City, Ah Jing put his mind at ease, took off his veil and hat, here is 108,000 miles away from Qiaocheng, and those who chase the fugitive slaves can no longer find her.

Now Ah Jing's body and temperament have faded the traces of slaves.

"Do you know what the next city we're going to be?" Tao Sheng asked Ah Jing.

"Fenghua City?" Before coming, Ah Jing had seen the map. Just a superficial look at the map, who knows what it looks like.

"Yes. Tao Sheng said and glanced at Ah Jing, and said with a smile: "You have to be prepared, Fenghua City is full of illusions, don't lose your life." "Now I'm really going out, and I'm the only one who can speak, and I want to bluff her.

"I haven't learned it," Ah Jing didn't know what illusion was, and only replied, "Will it be difficult to deal with?"

"It's not difficult, be honest, you can always survive. Tao Sheng said lightly. However, Tao Sheng didn't say the second half of the sentence: There are few honest people in Fenghua City.

Is there anything that can hardly be found to be a slave in Qiaocheng? Anyway, there is Tao Sheng, he is such a capable person, he is young, he has learned the skills of his masters, and he is on top of the sky when it falls. Who would be embarrassed by a little slave? who is uneducated and has no family.

Ah Jing unconsciously reached out to explore the little book in his arms, it doesn't matter, I have the secret left for me by Jiao Yi. This is a treasure, and when it comes to danger, it will definitely be used, Ah Jing thought secretly.

Subconsciously, Ah Jing has always felt that Jiao Yi is not dead, and feels that he has always been protecting himself. It is by virtue of this belief. Ah Jing had the strength to persist until he escaped from Qiaocheng.

I have already seen the boundary monument of Fenghua City, and next to the boundary monument are those bright phoenix silk flowers.

Here you will reach the boundary of Fenghua City, and you can see a lot of lights under the mountain, singing and dancing.

Ah Jing had seen it in Izuqiao City, but it was all a feast for slave owners. For slaves, every feast was just another form of slaughter.

Thinking of this, Ah Jing shook his head, as if he had shaken off something bad.

Walking into this brightly lit city, a pervasive smell wafts over you, and you can smell many, many things in the midst of this rich smell.

You can smell the things in the city, there is hatred and desire, there is rain and wind, there is fragrance...... However, there was nothing that Kyung wanted to get.

"It's a place to store greedy humanity. Tao Sheng said, "We have to be careful. ”

Ah Jing nodded. She couldn't agree anymore, Tao Sheng really spoke to her heart.

"Look at this man!" said Ah Jing, pointing to a lump of things.

"You can still recognize this as a person, and you have a good eye. ”

"I'm afraid he's the only one in the city who's dirty like this. ”

"You have to believe that it's not a coincidence. Tao Sheng said with an understatement smile.

"I feel like if I walk here and don't dress well, I'll be kicked out. ”

"Something outward, indeed, is an invisible pressure. He began to reason again.

"Look!" Ah Jing pointed to the end of an alley.

Tao Sheng followed the line of sight and saw that there were several people transporting a car. That's the smell of corpses.

Tao Sheng's sense of smell is very sensitive. The two donkeys took two steps back.

From afar, I saw a young man transporting the body vomiting.

Another elder cursed him: "Unproductive little minion, this Fenghua City will not die one day by car, vomit and vomit every day, why didn't he vomit to death you!"

Ah Jing's mind flashed through the matter of leaving Qiaocheng. Out of Qiao City is also a dead man every day.

The starving, the poor, the exhausted, the sick...... There are many ways to die......

"Let's go. Don't look at it. Tao Sheng said softly.

Ah Jing shook his head and didn't want to.

Tao Sheng and Ah Jing stayed at the Zhaoxing Pavilion in Fenghua City.

The residents here are dressed in very beautiful clothes, and they seem to have lived here for a long time.

Everyone looked at Ah Jing with a look of surprise.

Tao Sheng also noticed this, Ah Jing was a little confused, and suddenly thought that it was because of the little book in his arms, after all, he didn't have anything special about him that deserved so much attention.

After eating at the same table, Ah Jing found that Tao Sheng did not eat animal blood, such as duck blood.

In the past, I loved to eat duck blood vermicelli soup, but when I saw Tao Sheng's polite and holy appearance, I learned his eating habits and stopped eating animal blood.

In the past, when I was a slave, almost all of them were forced to eat, and it was good to have a stutter, and the slaves were always hungry.

There were slave owners and slaves in the city, and even people ate them.

Ah Jing and Tao Sheng live in a room with a large screen in the middle. Ah Jing slept in the inner room, and Tao Sheng slept in the outer room.

This is because Tao Sheng said: "You have no martial arts, you are weak, you are still a woman, I have no reason to sleep on the master."

I'm outside, and I can stop it if something happens. His demeanor is really fascinating, but Ah Jing doesn't know what "fascinated" is.

He saw himself as a bodyguard. Once Tao Sheng decides something, he will be stubborn, and Ah Jing will definitely not be able to resist him, and he has never thought that he has to do the opposite.

The first is that Ah Jing will not tease or be polite, the second is that she does not have the ability and courage to protect and defend herself, and the third is that she has almost never received care from this world, and she is reluctant to refuse.

So it went smoothly.

Before going to bed, by the candlelight, Ah Jing opened the little book. At that time, she had been silently reciting the name of her childhood friend "Jiao Yi" in her heart.

And on the first page of the book, it reads: "I am not of Jiao origin, my name is 'Erliangshi'." ”

Surprised! Is this written by Jiao Yi? But looking at the handwriting of Jiao Yi, Jiao Yi's handwriting is very ugly and weird, but this character is extremely beautiful.

Ah Jing can read words, Aunt Jiao took Ah Jing and Jiao Yi to learn words together, and taught them all the words they could meet.

"If you call my name in trouble and confusion, I will save you. Does the name refer to "Erliangshi"? Ah Jing read it many times, and finally remembered it.

So, Er Liangshi, I want to know what danger we will encounter in Fenghua City?

Through the screen, Ah Jing saw Tao Sheng's figure who was about to fall asleep swayed, Tao Sheng said: "Ah Jing, you have to be careful, after you fall asleep tonight, you should have a dream, there will be some strange people and things in the dream, you have to follow your heart, don't listen to those messy sounds, you should be able to save the day." ”

"Good. What about you?" Jing didn't think much of it.

"I'm going to dream tonight, too. Tao Sheng didn't elaborate and turned off the lights.

Ah Jing turned off the lights and thought, "Is this the answer that Erliangshi gave me through Tao Sheng just now?" Meditate on the name of Erlyansh. fell asleep.

This is the street out of Qiaocheng! She's back again! This is hell on earth. It was the same banished little slave girl! She saw Dragon's Eye, another little slave girl.

There's longan, and there's ...... By mud, red beads, sea urchins, purple rain. They were tied up together and sold in the market. Wear consistent slave clothing. A couple of dirty kids.

No one can save them. No one. Suddenly, in the next moment, several of them were chased and scattered in the crowd, and she and Longyan fled into a crowded alley.

As she walked, she suddenly became what she is now, with a clean appearance and simple and bright clothes. She is no longer a dirty six- or seven-year-old slave Ah Jing who came out of Qiao City in slave clothes, but has become a bright and simple fourteen-year-old girl Ah Jing like now.

She looked back and saw the dragon eye beside her, which was no longer a six-year-old dirty little slave dragon eye, but a thirteen-year-old girl dressed enchantingly, with a hint of melancholy in her big eyes.

Suddenly, Ah Jing felt that she was very far away from this little slave who had been close to her, and she could not touch the real dragon's eye.

At the end of this alley, there is a slave shop!

There were a group of small slaves inside, all standing or lying down. The enchanting dragon's eyes, seeing these little slaves, carried more melancholy in their big eyes, and their faces became gloomy for a while, becoming a little terrifying.

And Ah Jing saw these little slaves, instinctively dodging, as if he was unwilling to face his "original self", and subconsciously wanted to escape.

But don't recognize me as a slave too!" thought to himself. So his face turned away, and Ah Jing turned around to leave.

Suddenly, the name "Erliangshi" came to mind. So Ah Jing silently recited: Erliangshi, save me, I'm so afraid of being recognized.

Ah Jing wanted to run away after reading it in his heart. Suddenly, I found that a small person was trapped in the gap between the two shops on the left.

Oh my God, this villain is only the size of Ah Jing's palm, and the proportions are thin and tall, and Ah Jing can only see his face clearly when he is squatting. His face was calm and desperate.

The shopkeeper next to him looked at Ah Jing and jokingly said, "No one can save him, he is here, and he will die one day." Don't waste your efforts, little girl. "I watched his life seem to be passing, as if it was still shrinking little by little, and the slave clothes on his body didn't seem to give him any warmth, he seemed to be very cold.

The two street shops each have half transparent panels, which seal the straight gap from the top to the bottom.

He trembled like a standing mouse. Ah Jing had no choice at all, and said in his heart: Er Liangshi, help me get him out.

Ah Jing subconsciously reached into the ground with his hands and held up the two transparent boards. Unexpectedly, she was ecstatic.

"Hey, come out. Ah Jing called out to him, he glanced at Ah Jing and walked out. Ah Jing slowly lowered the board. Hold the little man in the palm of your hand.

Ah Jing felt that the life of this villain in his palm was disappearing, he was very cold, he was about to freeze to death. Quick, give him clothes! Good man, please give him clothes! Ah Jing shouted in his heart.

Unexpectedly, the shop opposite was a tailor shop, and the owner of the tailor shop naturally made a small dress that fitted, and a person brought it to him to put on, and a sewing girl came to put a small clothes on him......

The whole street was constantly being dressed by people...... He gradually warmed up. He wept, and so did everyone who dressed him.

Ah Jing felt that he was drowning in tears, and he felt that this street was warm, not as hideous and terrifying as before he came.

Longan also shed tears. This villain is somewhat like a dragon's eye, but the dragon's eye is a girl, and this villain is a man.

The little man came to life. He vanished from Ah Jing's palm.

He looked very young, probably only in his teens.

Ah Jing and Long Yan followed the crowd and prepared to walk out of the alley.

Along the way, I saw the life of this boy, the clothes of this man's life, the same clothes that people had just given him, wearing different clothes at different stages of life.

He was poor, his youth was extremely depraved, he had fallen in love with a woman, he had pursued her, and he had been rejected, he had begged for food, he had been beaten, he had been high-spirited, he had been old, and then he had died, and he had died peacefully.

Thankfully, at least he didn't let life stop at that time. He had at least his whole life.

Although he was in a hurry and full of misfortunes and regrets, at least he had walked in the world once and had not harmed anyone. Ah Jing thought so.

When Ah Jing and Longyan shook out of this alley, it was already dark. Ah Jing saw a hunter-like man eating something in the middle of the road, and the hunter was crouching next to a large rock in the middle of the road.

When he saw Ah Jing, he said, "I'll go!" I didn't think that this time the Billing who was sent here was such a weak woman!" He stood up in horror and shouted, "Children, ready to catch the little mango!" ”

"Run!" the hunter shouted to Kyung. Longyan obviously reacted, she glanced at Ah Jing, and ran away.

Ah Jing also ran, there was a fork in the road in front of her, she left Ah Jing and picked up a path and ran away, as if she knew that the target of those "mangoes" was Ah Jing.

Ah Jing looked back, oh my God! A group of big dogs that looked like black panthers and black lions chased after her, and they could catch me in three or two steps.

The hunter and the group of little hunters pounced and fought the black mangoes. Behind him was a blur of flesh and blood.

Ah Jing was frightened. Shouting: Erlyansh save me!

Then she woke up.