Chapter 8: The Mystery of Life
I really didn't expect that there was a waist tree in the middle of the cliff, which could catch me. I am glad that I will not die in the catastrophe, and the sky will not kill me!
Twelve also jumped down.
The trunk of the tree could not bear the weight of two people, and it snapped with a click.
I fell with him into the rushing river at the bottom of the cliff. The rocks in the water are stacked, no different from a sword.
In the chaos, I felt held tightly by someone, choking on several mouthfuls of water but not hurting.
Instead, it was twelve, covered with bruises.
I fished the unconscious Twelve out of the water, just as I had rescued him from the glacier in the palace.
"Leave yourself to fend for yourself."
He took off his wet clothes, spread hay on his body to keep out the cold, and found dry wood to make a fire.
It can be said that benevolence and righteousness have been exhausted.
Thinking that the generals would definitely go down the mountain to find him, he didn't stay long and left.
I'm going to be June.
In this June, I heard that the crown prince's rebellion was successful at that time, and the emperor was mediocre and had already lost the support of the people, and the prince's iron cavalry entered the imperial city almost unimpeded. General He Shen, who was loyal to the emperor, chose to unite with the prince that night for some reason.
This rebellion is bloodless.
The first thing the crown prince did after ascending the throne was to issue an arrest warrant with a reward of 10,000 taels for my arrest.
"Sister-in-law of the Shi family, this is a newly harvested sweet potato in the field, take some back."
The old lady in the village came to the door with a basket of sweet potatoes, and looked at my appearance left and right, trying to find out the similarities between my face and the portrait of sea fishing.
I took out a few copper plates and gave them to her, "Thank you, auntie, I bought it."
"Ouch, what's the kind with me."
She said that she was so slippery that she took the money and put it in her pocket. Seeing that the spots on my face were really different from the portrait, I retracted my thoughts and turned to look behind me: "Why didn't Xiaoman come out with you today?"
"The child has a lot of fun, so I'm going to find Nizi next door."
When I came to this village, I picked up a four-year-old child, huddled in the haystack and cried in the winter.
I saw that he was pitiful, so I adopted him.
"A-Niang!"
When I returned home and prepared to make sweet potato cakes for Xiaoman, Xiaoman's cry came from the yard. When I had fallen, the monkey hurried out, only to find the dead boy standing in the yard, licking a sugar gourd unhurriedly.
I frowned, "Where did you get the sugar gourd?"
He had no money on him.
Thinking that it was given by a stranger, it would be very dangerous, and it would be easy to be abducted without defense.
I was about to educate him, Xiaoman bit a piece of sugar glass and said vaguely: "Ah Niang, the street is full of your portraits, many uncles are looking for you, it is said that 100,000 taels can buy a yard of sugar gourds."
My heart was cold.
Although I painted myself with a pockmarked face, Xiaoman had seen me as I was.
This dead kid is a cheat!
I was nervous to retract and run, when I heard a call from outside the fence, "Zhiyue."
June didn't see it, and Twelve was more haggard than before, with a slight stubble on his face. I don't know how much I wanted to catch me, but I didn't even change my court clothes, so I came here.
"Childe recognized the wrong person, my name is Aunt Shi, and I am a village woman here."
He walked towards me with sharp eyes that made people think of the word "not angry" and "self-assured".
I took a few steps backwards, my wrist grabbing coldly.
"How long are you going to hide from me?" His face was pained, his fingertips scraping against my face, and soon all the painted camouflage was wiped away.
I said, "I'm married and I have children."
"She picked it up."
Xiao Man thought of the sugar gourds in the yard and hurriedly answered.
Twelve said, "You can't give birth to such a big child in half a year."
"What game does Your Majesty want to play with me this time?"
I brushed his hand away, unable to forget what had happened before. Twelve explained to me why, and even my origins.