Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Meaning of Living

A small body was covered with scars, and strangely enough, he was on all fours, his back arched, like a vigilant cat, glaring viciously at the crowd that had surrounded him, and he was surrounded by the corpses of wild wolves.

He Huan pointed to the little boy and the others and said, "Look, I said that there was a child who was raised by wolves, but you still didn't believe it, but now you believe it." ”

One of them said, "It's so big in the world, and there must be people interested in bringing him back." ”

He Huan disagreed with this statement: "This is nothing more than making a little money, it's not interesting." ”

"What do you think?"

"Well...... this"

He Huan stared at the little boy, thinking about how to use him.

The next day, the little boy was kicked from a height and fell heavily on the mud.

He was stumped, and struggled to look up and look around.

There were high walls of earth all around, and there were dozens of people gathered in this huge earthen pit, or more, and more importantly, they were competing, risking their lives.

Just as the boy was looking, the light on his left side suddenly dimmed, and he looked to his left, and before he could see anything, someone stepped on his head......

In this huge pit, there are wails. A man covered in blood tried to climb the dirt wall, but his neck was broken by a strong man behind him.

The dead body fell limply to the ground, at the boy's feet.

He slowly looked at the strong man who was walking towards him.

Before coming to this purgatory, his eyes were as pure as lambs, but now, they are as empty as if they have no soul.

The strong man twisted his neck from side to side, making a gurgling sound of bones colliding.

In the face of the strong man's provocation, the boy did not flinch at all, he knew very well that here, and even this world, was a world of the jungle, and the weak would only be trampled under the feet of the strong!

In such a purgatory-like competition, the boy gritted his teeth and persevered for ten years, and when he climbed up from under the huge pit, the first thing he did was to seek revenge on He Huan, but unfortunately, he failed.

"I said, are you stupid? Isn't it stupid? ”

He Huan slapped the boy over and over again, and said: "I am now taking you to see this supreme person in Zhurong, how good it is to eat and drink spicy food in the future, but you still want to seek revenge on me at this juncture, do you say you——"

He Huan was talking, but suddenly screamed.

The boy who only had death in his eyes quickly twisted his neck and bit off He Huan's thumb when He Huan slapped him, and unexpectedly attracted a severe beating.

After a long time, He Huan, who had simply bandaged his wounds, came to the boy with a red-hot soldering iron and said, "This thing was originally prepared for the kid surnamed Ning, but unfortunately it was not used, and it will be used on you now!" ”

The boy who had not yet recovered was still staring at He Huan with his swollen eyes, without fear.

The hot soldering iron burned his face, the white mist steamed, and a terrible scream filled the dark dungeon.

The next day, no one dared to move and the boy was thrown back into the pit, because they were already lying beside him, and he, covered in blood, was sitting comfortably against the earthen wall, and with a soft whistle on his mouth, that is, that night, the boy disappeared from the pit, and all that remained here were dead bodies, dead bodies with broken necks, separated hands and feet, and intestines scattered everywhere......

The closed kitchen door slowly opened a crack, and a small figure walked in from the door, sneaked up to the stove, took out half a roast chicken from the steamer, and quietly walked to the firewood stack as usual, to enjoy the food alone, but this time she stopped in front of the firewood stack, and did not pass, because it was already occupied.

The boy had already worked hard to come to this imperial capital, but as long as this little girl howled, he would not have the strength to resist, in this case, he could only break her neck before she shouted out!

"You're hurt, so give you this half of the chicken."

The boy's hands stopped at the little girl's neck and did not pinch them.

The little girl, who did not perceive the danger, put half a chicken on the boy's hands and said, "You can only get better when you are full." ”

As she spoke, the little girl turned back to the stove, took out two steamed buns from the steamer, and stuffed one of them into the boy, saying, "Eat more, there is a little bit of it." ”

The boy was holding the roast chicken in one hand and the steamed bun in the other, staring at the little girl in front of him in a daze.

It was the first time since he had grown so old that someone had treated him so gently, and he didn't know how to react for a while.

A few days later, the little girl still came to the kitchen on time, but it was not the boy who was waiting there, but Luo Jinyuan.

Luo Jinyuan bent down and pretended to be angry and asked the little girl: "Jiao'er, there has been a lot less food in the kitchen these days, and grandma said that your hands will be stained with grease when you take a nap. You can let someone take it when you're hungry, why do you come to the kitchen to get it yourself? There are so many pots and pans, and there are knives, what should I do if it hurts you? ”

Luo Jinyuan counted Xiao Fan Ruojiao for a while, but Xiao Fan Ruojiao didn't speak, and burst into tears when she opened her throat.

Her crying made Luo Jinyuan feel distressed.

Luo Jinyuan hurriedly hugged Xiao Fan Ruojiao and apologized over and over again: "Okay, okay, it's for my mother to be too fierce, it's scared of our Jiao'er, for my mother next time I won't be fierce at Jiao'er, Jiao'er is good." ”

Luo Jinyuan coaxed Xiao Fan Ruojiao and took her back to her yard.

That night, after the mother put Xiao Fan Ruojiao to sleep, she left her yard, and this little Fan Ruojiao, who pretended to be asleep, secretly got up, opened the window, and happened to see the boy.

Xiao Fan Ruojiao said: "You are here, I thought my mother found you and kicked you out." ”

The boy shook his head and said, "No." ”

The boy suddenly spoke, which surprised Xiao Fan Ruojiao: "It turns out that you can speak!" I haven't seen you speak for so many days, and I thought you were dumb. ”

Overjoyed Xiao Fan Ruojiao put her elbows on the windowsill and dragged her cheeks with the palms of her hands: "Since you can speak, why don't you keep talking?" ”

The boy smiled bitterly, didn't dare to look at Xiao Fan Ruojiao, and only said: "I, I'm leaving, for a while, for a while, if I'm still alive, I'll come back, if I don't come back, it means I'm dead." ”

Xu is the first time the boy spoke, and it was a little difficult to speak, which also made Xiao Fan Ruojiao have a hard time listening, but before she could ask why, the boy had disappeared without a trace.

Late the next night, Fan Ruojiao opened the window again, but she didn't see anything, so she could only close the window in disappointment and go back to bed to lie down.

A few days later, Fan Liaochen, who came back from outside, muttered vigorously as soon as he entered the door: "It's terrible, it's terrible!" ”

Luo Jinyuan, who was coaxing Xiao Fan Ruojiao to sleep, didn't know what Fan Liaochen meant: "What's wrong?" ”

Fan Liaochen glanced at the sleeping little Fan Ruojiao and said, "He Huan, the eldest son of He Ju's family who just came back a few days ago, you know. ”

"Yes."

Fan Liaochen leaned into Luo Jinyuan's ear: "Just last night, I died!" ”

Luo Jinyuan, who was also very surprised when she heard the news, called her grandmother and asked her to take Xiao Fan Ruojiao down, and then asked Fan Liaochen: "Why did you die?" ”

Fan Liaochen sat down again: "Who knows." I only heard that He Huan was bitten to death by something, his body was separated, and his intestines were scattered, and He Ju's wife was directly frightened. ”

Luo Jinyuan covered her mouth in horror, so frightened that she couldn't say anything.

Xiao Fan Ruojiao, who didn't fall asleep at night, got up from the bed again and opened the window, and the boy stood in front of her window again......

A few days later, Xiao Fan Ruojiao asked the boy standing outside the window: "Why do you keep looking north, where is your house?" ”

The boy opened his mouth to say something, but it took a long time for his mouth to open and close before he squeezed out one word: "Yes." ”

Xiao Fan Ruojiao asked again: "My name is Fan Ruojiao, what is your name?" ”

"I, no, name."

He was raised by wolves, no one taught him to speak, he didn't have a name, and no one gave him a nickname even in that hell.

"I don't have a name, so I'll give you one."

The boy suddenly looked back and looked expectantly at Xiao Fan Ruojiao, who was thinking seriously.

She said: "You have been looking at the north, so why don't you call Beichuan!" ”

After a long time, Xiao Fan Ruojiao, who was practicing calligraphy alone, shouted in the air: "I said you don't have anything else to do?" Are you going to stay here forever? ”

In a corner of the house, the voice of Wangbeichuan sounded: "I'm very, is it in the way?" ”

"No, it feels weird."

Xiao Fan Ruojiao's casual words really made Wang Beichuan disappear, but it was just that Xiao Fan Ruojiao couldn't feel it, from beginning to end, Wang Beichuan has always been by her side.

Ten years later, Fan Ruojiao was lying on the windowsill in disappointment, looking into the distance with her eyes blank.

"If you don't want her to show up, I'll kill her right now."

An unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded, but the person who appeared in front of him was no stranger.

No matter how much a person's appearance changes, the scars on his face will never change.

After ten years of absence, he spoke neatly.

Fan Ruojiao pinned her face to the side: "Don't say it, you've always been by my side." ”

Wang Beichuan didn't answer, he didn't know, if he answered yes, Fan Ruojiao would say that he was perverted.

Fan Ruojiao said again: "What I always wanted, suddenly became someone else's, it would be nice if she never came back." ”

"I said, if you don't want her to show up, I'll kill her."

Looking at Beichuan or that sentence, Fan Ruojiao was a little angry: "Can you kill people at every turn?" I have no grievances with her. ”

"Then I'll give her a warning."

Fan Ruojiao bit her lower lip and didn't reply, and only replied after a long time: "That's still ......"

Fan Ruojiao looked at Wangbeichuan as she spoke, but Wangbeichuan, who was supposed to be standing there, had long since disappeared......

Four months later, the person still returned to the imperial capital, and Fan Ruojiao, who was completely unfamiliar with her, was also completely insensitive, and because of her harm to Chu Lin, she gradually changed from indifference to disgust, and then to hatred......

That day, she said: "Lin Yueying has just learned to ride a horse, and it is inevitable that she will lose control. Besides, they were going to hunt, and even if she was hit by a dark arrow, it wouldn't be surprising. ”

Wang Beichuan asked: "There are more people around Lin Yueying, so we have to separate her from those people first." ”

"Can you do it?"

"It's a trifle!"

"But there's a delphinium by her side."

"The Feiyan beside her is not worth mentioning."

"If Cousin Lin shows up, what is the success rate?"

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Fan Ruojiao must be prepared for both.

"If you fight with him alone, you won't be able to tell the winner in a short time, unless you ......"

The cold wind blew down the dead grass on the ground, and a wolf that was not hidden, holding his tail and groaning in a low voice, rubbed on Wangbeichuan's thigh, and when he saw that Wangbeichuan did not refuse, he directly lay down on his lap.

The other wolf suddenly stood up and looked warily into the distance. Looking at Beichuan, who was originally sitting on the ground, he opened his eyes and looked in that direction......

Everything went well, but Luo Shaoqing still broke things, and Wangbeichuan could only retreat temporarily.

That night, Wangbeichuan not only failed to assassinate Lin Yueying, but was also discovered by Luo Sanchuan.

Luo Sanchuan didn't see it at all, sat by the brazier to roast the fire, turned his head to look at Fan Ruojiao, and said, "Fan Ruojiao, Fan Liaochen's daughter." ”

Fan Ruojiao's hand holding the brush stopped in mid-air, and a drop of ink slipped from the tip of the pen and slowly faded away.

Fan Ruojiao raised her eyes and glanced at Luo Sanchuan, who suddenly appeared, lowered her brush and continued to write calmly: "What, you kidnapped Lin Yuelang this morning, and now you are kidnapping me again?" ”

Fan Ruojiao's composure made Luo Sanchuan overjoyed, after all, cooperating with a cool-headed person can save a lot of worry.

Luo Sanchuan said the purpose of this visit: "No, I came to say, since I can't tolerate Lin Yueying, why don't we work together?" ”

"Who said I couldn't tolerate Lin Yueying?"

"Don't admit it, what your people did just now, my people have seen it."

"What, you're going to denounce me?"

"No, didn't I just say it, I want to work with Miss Fan."

"Working together?"

"Yes. You give me the news, and I'll take care of her. ”

Fan Ruojiao's hand stopped again.

When did Lin Yueying provoke He Yan, and let He Yan not tolerate her? Could it be that the people who assassinated Lin Yueying a few times ago were all from He Yan?

"Why, could it be that he who has always wanted to kill Lin Yueying, is he really the lord of Lilan?"

Luo Sanchuan just laughed and didn't answer, it was already his silence, which made Fan Ruojiao more sure about this.

"And what if I don't say yes?"

"Then I'll snort now......"

As soon as Luo Sanchuan finished speaking, Wangbeichuan grabbed Luo Sanchuan's throat and made Luo Sanchuan breathless.

Luo Sanchuan raised his hands and was about to knock down Wangbeichuan's right hand, but he heard Fan Ruojiao say: "You and I are not children, don't do such a childish thing." ”

Luo Sanchuan stopped his hands and watched Fan Ruojiao approach step by step......

On the third day of Fan Ruojiao's burial, Yuan received a letter of apology from the Lin Mansion.

Yuan Cheng looked at the contents of the letter over and over again, he should have been happy, but his heart was empty.

He grabbed the letter, and ran to the Lin Mansion without thinking, and before he reached the gate of the Lin Mansion, he saw from a distance that the red lanterns and red silk that had been hung had been removed, and he walked into the gate of the Lin Mansion, and the same was true inside.

Yuan Cheng was led to Gu Rabbit Pavilion by a maid, and on his way to Gu Rabbit Pavilion, he saw many people moving things out of Gu Rabbit Pavilion, as well as the dark green wedding dress.

Yuan Cheng stopped the maid with the wedding dress and asked her, "Where are you going to get this?" ”

The maid replied, "The young lady said that there was no need for it, and she threw it all away." ”

"Don't need it?"

Yuan Cheng can be regarded as believing it at this time, but why did Lin Yueying break off the marriage contract with Chu Lin?

Yuan Cheng stood at the gate of the Gu Rabbit Pavilion, looking at the Gu Rabbit Pavilion standing in the center of the courtyard, but he felt a little desolate in his heart: "Are you the same as this attic now, pretending to be strong alone?" ”

"What did you say?"

Lin Yueying's voice suddenly sounded on the side, and Yuan Cheng didn't dare to look at her for the first time.

Yuan Cheng clutched the letter tightly, and suddenly didn't dare to confirm with Lin Yueying.

Ask her, will her scars be revealed?

Lin Yueying walked into Yuan Cheng and saw the letter in his hand, the emotion on his face did not fluctuate, and said, "You came over after receiving the letter?" Don't believe it? ”

Yuan Cheng slowly looked at Lin Yueying, she was as easy-going as before, but she was like this, which hurt Yuan Cheng's heart even more.

"Why did you suddenly dissolve your engagement? Is it because of the sea durian fast? If so, I can explain it to Chu Lin personally! ”

Yuan Cheng tried his best to keep himself calm, but the more he talked, the more excited he became.

Lin Yueying shook her head: "No." ”

"What's that? Don't you care about Chu Lin very much? Why say yes? ”

"I used to care about Chu Lin very much, but now I don't; It's not that I'm going to say yes, it's that I proposed it in the first place; As for why I broke the engagement, it was because I didn't want to explain anything to him anymore, that's all. ”

Lin Yueying said her reasons lightly, but Yuan Cheng listened to every sentence so heavily.

"It's so distressing that you want to be so strong."

Yuan Cheng's nose was sore, and he raised his hand and hugged her.

"Thank you."

Lin Yueying said, and also stretched out her hands to Yuan Cheng, stuffed the lantern in her hand into Yuan Cheng's arms, and said with a smile: "Take it out and burn it for them." ”

Yuan Cheng held the lantern motionlessly, and the distress on his face gradually disappeared until his face was elongated......

The next day, Chen Guangnian, who was on patrol, asked Chu Lin beside him: "Yesterday I received a letter from your house, saying that your wedding was canceled, what's going on?" ”

"It's nothing, I just don't want to get married all of a sudden."

"You don't want to?"

Chen Guangnian extremely agreed with Chu Lin's idea, but at the same time he was worried about him: "The girl is willing? Will Lord Lin be willing? General Chu and Mrs. Chu are willing? ”

"I don't want to, so I'm swept away!"

Chu Lin's answers were more unexpected than the other, but Chen Guangnian had expected such a result.

He said: "I've seen Miss Lin, and she looks harmless to humans and animals, but if you make up your mind to do something, it will definitely be done cleanly, such as Fan Ruojiao." A girl like this will either be wholeheartedly devoted to you, or you will have to be stronger than her, or you will only torture each other. ”

Chen Guangnian mentioned Fan Ruojiao's matter in front of Chu Lin, naturally knowing that Chu Lin was also present at the time, Chu Lin did not defend himself, and smiled indifferently: "Cut, she is idle!" I'm not used to her, I just want to kick her away, out of sight is clean, I'm alone! ”

Chen Guangnian didn't know how true Chu Lin's words were true or false, but he knew that it was definitely not Chu Lin's true words.

"Yes. The woman's affairs are too troublesome, and if she doesn't pay attention to it, she will be angry, and the unlucky one is herself, but it is better to be alone, that is really one person is full, and the whole family is not hungry. ”

Chen Guangnian said self-righteously, put his right hand on Chu Lin's shoulder, and began to give him bad ideas: "Now that you are not bound by a marriage contract, it is better to know a few more girls before Mrs. Chu orders another family affair for you, and think about how to get along with girls." ”

What Chen Guangnian was thinking, Chu Lin knew it.

He shook off Chen Guangnian's arm, a little disgusted: "I'm afraid that the general is not that I should use it as an excuse to find a girl, if my sister-in-law asks, I will tell you the truth." ”

Chen Guangnian saw that Chu Lin was so unenlightened, and hurriedly stopped him: "Don't, just because I didn't say it!" ”

But Chu Lin didn't want to bypass Chen Guangnian just like that, and continued to embarrass him: "The letter that asked me to go to Hailiuzhai was given to me by the general, is the general ......?"

"Yes!"

Chen Guangnian replied without denying it, not to mention that Chu Lin was surprised, even Shuchen was surprised.

"General, you ......"

Chu Lin, who was very surprised, wanted to ask something, but saw Chen Guangnian say righteously: "How did I forget this!" Since the letter of the gangster can be passed to me through the hands of the Lin Mansion, there must be a loophole somewhere, and it must be reorganized, otherwise this will happen in the future. No, I'll have to tell them! ”

Chen Guangnian pretended to turn his head and leave, completely ignoring the team that was still patrolling, and Chu Lin, who sensed that something was wrong, stared at Chen Guangnian who was leaving......

Lin Jinzhuo, who stood alone in front of the door of the hall, looked at the clean and tidy courtyard, and did not feel a trace of anger or loss.

He turned around and walked to the main seat and said, "Yueying, this kid treats the marriage contract as a joke, saying that he will marry, and if he says that he will not marry, he will not marry, which is really not worry-free." ”

Lin Liang, who was beside him, accosted him: "But why do I think the master is very happy?" ”

Chu Lin was not the first choice for the son-in-law of the Lin Mansion, and the reason why Lin Jinzhuo agreed to marry Lin Yueying was because Lin Yueying chose him.

Lin Jinzhuo asked Lin Liang: "How is the moonlight?" ”

"I should eat and drink, but I haven't slept much in the past two nights, and I'm really worried that Miss will not be good if she goes on like this, but fortunately, Yuan Gongzi often comes to chat with her, and she won't let Miss be bored alone."

Lin Jinzhuo put down the tea bowl he had just picked up.

Only then did one Chu Lin go, and another Yuan Cheng came.

In the Ice Wheel Courtyard, Lin Yueying was tidying up the flower pots with a few maids, and Yuan Cheng, who came over early, kept whispering in her ear: "Yueying, I heard that you and Chu Lin broke off the marriage contract, and you won't regret it." If you really break off with him, how about you marry me? If you want, I'll go back immediately and ask my mother to propose to Master Lin, okay? The days remain the same, or the day after tomorrow. ”

Yuan Cheng chattered a lot, and when he heard that Lin Yueying was annoyed, he said angrily: "Yuan Gongzi, you can spare me, I have been busy for many months before I stop, can you let me rest and rest?" ”

"Yes, you can rest, you don't need to be busy, what should you be busy with, I'll come, and when the time comes, I'll carry you directly to the church."

"No, I'm not married, will I?"

"No, if you don't marry me, who will I marry?"

Lin Yueying, who was already annoyed, stared at Yuan Cheng with white eyes and slowly stood up......

"Ahh

Just when Lin Yueying wanted to kick Yuan Cheng into the drain, Lin Yuelang's house sounded his screams, Lin Yueying and Yuan Cheng no longer had the heart to play, they glanced at each other and went straight to the back room, during which Lin Yueying did not forget to let people call a doctor.

Yuan Cheng and Lin Yueying entered Lin Yuelang's inner room one after the other, and Yuan Cheng, who entered the house first, saw that Lin Yuelang, who had woken up, was struggling because of the pain in his body.

Yuan Cheng ran to Lin Yuelang's bed without thinking, knelt on the bed with his right foot, bent his left leg and pressed Lin Yuelang's right hand, pressed his chest with his left hand, and pressed his left hand with his right hand to prevent him from pulling the wound because of the movement, and also instructed Lin Yueying, who came in after him: "Plug his mouth with a silk handkerchief, don't let him bite his tongue." ”

Dr. Xun, who hurriedly followed up, put the medicine box on the small table next to the bed, quickly took out a roll of cloth and spread it out, took out a few silver needles from it, and slowly inserted them into Lin Yuelang's neck......

At night, Chu Lin called Shuchen and asked the questions of the past few days: "Who are those masked people around Lin Yueying?" Did Lin Yueying and General Chen really meet for the first time that night? Speaking about the letter this morning, is General Chen too concerned? ”

Shuchen also sensed that something was wrong, but he felt that it was too late: "Childe and Miss Yueying have already broken off their marriage, why should Childe care about these anymore?" ”

Shuchen's truth made Chu Lin speechless.

Yes, I and Lin Yueying have already dissolved the marriage contract, in what capacity do I want to interfere with her?