Just as he was talking, there was a sudden sharp exclamation from outside, and a sharp voice shouted: "Okay, you lowly slaves, how dare you steal something, are you dying?"
Lin Xi frowned, and was about to go out, Zhi Xiang grabbed him and said in a low voice, "Go from the back quickly, no one can see you here, the fourth young master will beat you to death."
"I… "
"Let's go!"
There is actually a back door in such a humble house, after pushing Lin Xi out of the door, Zhi Xiang grabbed Chu Qiao's arm and said in a deep voice, "Don't come out if anything happens." Then he ran out in a hurry.
The screams and the sound of whips sounded immediately, and the fat woman shook her arms and shouted viciously: "Aren't these the daughters of the Jing family back then? How could they have fallen to where they are today. Your sisters If you are a whore in Zhihuafang, you will be thieves here, what a bunch of low-down bastards!"
"Ms. Song, we know we were wrong, and we dare not do it again." Jue Xiang stood in front of the other children, her face was whipped several times, and the blood was covered with bloodstains. She knelt down and grabbed the corner of the woman's skirt, He begged for mercy loudly, "We dare not do it again."
"Know what's wrong? I think you don't have a long memory if you don't fight!"
A series of whips fell on the children fiercely, and Xiao Qiben, who had two braids, was injured. After several whips, his eyes turned white and he passed out. The children burst into tears immediately, but the woman became more energetic after beating, shouted, and raised the whip high again.
There was a swish, but no violent screams came. Aunt Song looked down, and saw a little girl in ragged clothes standing in front of her, with a thin body and stern eyes, a pair of small black hands tightly grasping her whip, and said in a gloomy voice, "You are enough!" gone."
Aunt Song was furious, "Damn girl, are you looking for death?"
"Yue'er, let go of Yue'er!" Zhi Xiang climbed up on her knees, desperately tugging at the corner of Chu Qiao's clothes, crying loudly, "Apologize to Aunt Song!"
Chu Qiao was unmoved, but looked at the woman coldly, and said in a cold voice: "You try to hit them again."
Aunt Song raised her eyes and shouted, "I won't beat them, I'll beat you!" After saying that, she picked up the whip and whipped it hard. Chu Qiao sneered, grabbed the woman's belt, tripped, and the woman's fat body fell heavily to the ground!
The cry of killing a pig sounded immediately, Chu Qiao walked slowly to the woman, bent over and said with a sneer, "Why don't you file a complaint?"
Aunt Song jumped up and shouted: "You wait for me!" She turned around and rushed out of the yard.
Zhi Xiang ran forward worriedly, so anxious that she was about to shed tears, "Yue'er, you have caused a disaster, what should you do?"
"Look at them." Chu Qiao confessed, turned around and followed the woman out.
When she just came here, she had already memorized the way, and after turning two corridors, she saw the woman running hurriedly on the stone bridge. She was obese and gasped after running for such a distance.
Chu Qiao squatted in the grass, looked around, and after confirming that it was safe, picked up a stone, half-closed her eyes, and quickly threw it towards the woman's ankle.
With a bang, the stone hit Mrs. Song's ankle heavily. The woman exclaimed, her foot slipped, and she fell off the bridge immediately.
It was already mid-winter, and a thick layer of ice had formed on the lake. After she fell, she didn't smash the ice layer, but just lay there sprawled, yelling "Ouch, Ouch".
Chu Qiao stood up from the bushes, walked slowly up the stone bridge, looked down at her from above, and shouted: "Hey, do you want me to call someone for you?"
The woman turned around and immediately said kindly: "My good boy, hurry up and help the aunt call for someone, ouch, it hurts me to death."
Chu Qiao smiled brightly. She bent down, picked up a huge stone, and lifted it above her head with great effort.
When the woman saw her, her face turned pale with fright, and she shouted, "You, what are you doing?"
Not allowing her to yell anymore, Chu Qiao let go of her hand lightly, the stone smashed on the ice layer with a bang, and the ice surface broke instantly. The woman exclaimed, and was completely covered by the cold lake water, and sank after only a few bubbles.
Chu Qiao stood on the stone bridge, her face was calm, her eyes were peaceful, and there was no fluctuation in her expression.
This is a man-eating world, if you want to survive, you have to be the first to swallow the man-eating beasts.
Without any more nostalgia, she turned around and walked back. As soon as they stepped into the yard, the children rushed up together, everyone was wounded and teary-eyed. Chu Qiao stretched out her arms to hug Xiao Qi who had just woken up in the front, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, it's fine."
In the lowest slave yard of Zhuge Mansion, a group of little slave girls lived like pigs and dogs, and couldn't help crying anymore. During dinner, the children of the Jing family were called out to do errands by the nanny in charge, even the injured Xiao Qi and Zhi Xiang went together. Chu Qiao and Xiao Ba, who had been hurting his waist and had been sleeping all this time, stayed in the room until late at night when the children came back tired. After eating, the children climbed into bed in a sensible manner, and Zhixiang squatted on the ground to add firewood to the kang. The scars on his face were red and swollen, as ferocious as little snakes.
The room was very quiet, and the sound of children's breathing after falling asleep gradually sounded. Chu Qiao wore the clothes that Zhixiang gave her just now, got up, and said softly, "If you don't take care of your face, there will be scars."
The fire in the kang cave shone on Zhixiang's face, her small face was thinned into a thin line, her eyes became dark and big, she raised her head and said, "Yue'er, slaves are not allowed to use medicine. Using the medicine brought by Linxi, we don't know how much risk we have taken, if we are found out, everyone will die. My injury is on the face, so I can't do it randomly."
Just as they were talking, there was a sudden noise on the kang, and the two turned their heads, only to find that it was Xiaoqi who had kicked the quilt while sleeping. Zhi Xiang quickly ran forward, covered Xiao Qi, then wiped the sweat from his forehead, and continued to go back to the kang cave to light the fire.
Chu Qiao looked at Zhixiang, her lips moved, but she didn't say anything in the end. This child is only about ten years old, yet he bears such a heavy burden on his shoulders. The oldest child in this house is no more than ten years old, and the youngest is only five or six years old. What does the wealthy Zhuge family want so many five or six-year-old children
"Sister Zhixiang," Chu Qiao got off the kang, sat next to Zhixiang, and said softly, "Have you ever been to Jiangnan?"
"Jiangnan?" Jue Xiang frowned and turned his head, "Where is Jiangnan?"
"Then do you know Huangshan Mountain? Or, do you know where the Yangtze River is?"
Zhixiang shook his head and said, "I know that Hongshan is to the west of Hongchuan, and there is a Cangli River under Hongchuan. Yue'er, why do you ask this?"
Chu Qiao looked a little dazed, thought for a long time, then shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I'll just ask, by the way, sister Zhixiang, do you know what the current emperor's name is?"
"The emperor is the emperor, how can we call the emperor's name. But I know that the black-clothed prince who often comes to our house is the emperor's seventh son, Zhao Che, the youngest prince of our Great Xia."
A stern and mocking face suddenly flashed into her mind, Chu Qiao narrowed her eyes slightly, and repeated, "Zhao Che?"
"Yue'er, what's wrong with you? It's strange that you came back this time. What did you tell Mrs. Song? How could she just let us go like this?"
Chu Qiao turned her head, smiled lightly, and said, "I'm fine, don't worry. That Aunt Song didn't let us go, but fell into the frozen lake and drowned. I saw her die with my own eyes, so, Aunt Song Don't tell anyone about the things that came to us."
"Dead?" Ju Xiang turned pale with shock, and immediately called out loudly.
Chu Qiao covered her mouth, glanced left and right, saw that the children of the Jing family were still awake, and said in a deep voice: "God knows this matter, you know it, I know it, don't talk about it anymore, she has a heart It's vicious, death deserves more than guilt, if you die, you die, don't bother."
"Yue... Yue'er," Zhi Xiang said tremblingly, "No... you didn't kill her, did you? Did she fall into the lake by herself? She... her son is the consul of the nursing home in Qianyuan. Great."
Chu Qiao smiled, pointed to her chest, and said: "Do you think I can kill her? Well, don't think too much, she has done all kinds of bad things, even if no one kills her, God will do it, you are tired One day, rest well."
Zhi Xiang quickly shook his head, "No, I still have to light the fire."
"It's fine if I come. I'm injured. I can be lazy tomorrow. Go quickly."
Chu Qiao sat quietly on the small bench, adding a piece of firewood to the kang hole from time to time. The firewood crackled and burned, shaking her face red. She raised her head, glanced at the children in this room, and suddenly felt a little sour in her heart. Unfortunately, what can she do? She came to this unknown dynasty inexplicably, and was still trapped in Jing Yue'er's small body. She lost all her martial arts skills, and with such a lowly status, she was too busy to care for herself, so how could she talk about saving others? Everything I did today was to repay Linxi's kindness for delivering meals for three days. Next, she must leave immediately.
Chu Qiao slowly closed her eyes, she must do things according to her ability, and now she doesn't have the strength to carry such a big burden.
When the rooster breaks dawn and the sky is getting brighter, the children of the Jing family get up on time, put on the clothes of servants, and start to prepare for the day's work. Chu Qiao watched them leave with a smile, feeling a little sad.
Taking out the food she had just stolen, Chu Qiao took a deep look at Xiao Ba who was still unconscious on the bed, and turned around resolutely and left.
Although the vigorous body has disappeared, the clear mind remains. Although Chu Qiao is not a super agent of Operation Nine, she is still a professionally trained national soldier. Although Zhuge Mansion occupies a large area and has a large number of people, it is still like an undefended playground for a person who is short in stature and less than eight years old but has super logical analysis ability and a keen sense of space.
Within half an hour, she quietly walked out of the handyman's inner courtyard and came to the front garden. The security here has become relatively strict, and Fuchu Nursing Yard with knives can be seen everywhere. Zhuge's family is different from ordinary aristocratic families, just look at Zhuge Huaineng's brotherhood with Zhao Che, Zhao Jue and other royal children.
Chu Qiao straightened her back, her small body was like a sapling, she straightened her clothes, walked forward with her chest raised.
"Stop! Are you looking for death? Is this a place where you can just walk around?"
A tall nurse suddenly stepped forward, with a fleshy face and an obese figure. Chu Qiao stopped in her tracks and raised her head. Her small face was tender and lovely, her Qiushui pupils were black and white, her voice was sweet, and she said childishly, "Brother, I was ordered to go to the old man's mansion. Some people say that if it takes less than an hour, my head will be killed."