The nursing home frowned, looked the little Chu Qiao up and down, and wondered when the old man changed his preferences and began to prefer such immature girls? He asked suspiciously: "Who told you to go? Do you know where the old man's outer house is?"
"I have the address." The child rummaged through his little bundle, took out a piece of white paper, and gesticulating with his tender little hands, murmured, "Go out from the mansion and turn left at the third intersection. Fragrant restaurant…”
"Okay," the nurse shouted impatiently, "Who told you, why didn't anyone take you there?"
The child replied honestly: "Aunt Song came to tell me that she was going to take me there, but when she passed the stone bridge, she accidentally fell off the bridge and smashed the ice. I watched her sink Yes, I guess she can't take me there."
"What?" The nurse suddenly yelled, grabbing Chu Qiao's shoulder, and shouted, "Who do you think fell off the stone bridge?"
"Aunt Song, the steward of the handyman's backyard."
With a slap, the man slapped the child hard on the face, and he cursed, "You little bastard, why didn't you say it earlier? Come on! Come with me to save someone!"
Chu Qiao was knocked down to the ground, her ears buzzing, watching the crowd rushing away in a mess, the corner of the child's mouth slightly curled up, showing an indifferent sneer.
She will remember this slap.
Chu Qiao stood up quickly, picked up the bundle in her hand, and walked towards the gate without looking back. The three-person-high gold-encrusted gate is flanked by mighty stone lions, with red lacquer dotted eyes, and there is a trace of evil spirit rushing towards the face in the strangeness. Three large golden characters of Zhuge Mansion are engraved on the lintel, resplendent and dazzling.
Chu Qiao strode across the threshold with short steps, one foot inside the door and one foot outside the door and stopped. The bright morning sun shone on the body, and it seemed that even the air seemed to be fresh. From now on, life will be another starting point, and she will always remember the humiliation she has suffered and the blood and tears she has shed.
The child pursed his lips, took a deep breath, raised his hind feet, and was about to step out of this rotten cage.
At this moment, a familiar piercing scream suddenly came from the patio on the right side of the front garden, mixed with the child's terrified cry. The front and rear doors of the right wing were wide open, and the muffled sound of boards beating against the flesh and blood spread throughout the entire Zhuge mansion.
All the servants who passed by looked sideways, eagerly waiting to see who would enjoy such an "honor".
Chu Qiao stood in front of the mansion, and could walk out of the man-eating courtyard in just one step, but those screams kept hitting her eardrums.
The child frowned more and more tightly, and finally took back small steps, turned around and quickly ran towards the right compartment.
Destiny will give people a chance to choose in many cases, and a single step will often change many things.
Zhuge Yue was dressed in light green brocade clothes with dark green lotuses embroidered on the skirt, his black hair was tied loosely behind his back, his face was as white as jade, his eyes were as black as ink, and his lips were a little different from ordinary people's. The bright red. Although he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, he looked evil and cold, with his eyes half-closed, as if nothing in this world could enter his eyes, as indifferent as the white snow on the peak in midwinter. He was lying on his side on a red sandalwood soft chair painted with gold, with his elbows supporting the back of his head, and the handsome maids on both sides were squatting beside him holding good incense and clear tea, and from time to time peeled a flower from Bian Tang for him. Fresh lychees shipped in fast.
Twenty steps in front of him, the child in servant's clothes had been beaten to pieces, and even his screams gradually faded away. A six or seven-year-old slave girl knelt beside her, kowtowing and begging for mercy. The skin on her forehead was torn, and blood flowed across the child's clear, tearful eyes.
The sun is gradually rising, and Zhenhuang City is located on the Hongchuan Plateau. Although it is mid-winter, the sun is still fierce. Zhuge Yue raised his head, frowned slightly, and narrowed his eyes slightly. Seeing this, the maids on both sides immediately opened their umbrellas nervously and covered his head. Zhuge Yue sat up straight, waved to the attendants on both sides, and leaned on the back of the chair.
Two powerful and powerful men immediately stepped forward respectfully, lifted Zhuge Yue's soft chair one after the other, and walked to the door of the right compartment.
The girl kneeling on the ground and kowtowing was startled when she saw this, she screamed in panic, climbed forward, grabbed Zhuge Yue's clothes, and cried, "Fourth young master, please let Lin Xi go!" Come on, if you keep hitting him, he will die!"
Zhuge Yue raised his eyebrows and lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the girl's little black hand covered with blood.
The child felt an uncontrollable cold rush to his head, and saw five bloody finger prints on Zhuge Yue's bright white boots, which looked particularly eye-catching.
The child was startled and tongue-tied, and after a long time in a panic, he wiped Zhuge Yue's boots vigorously with his sleeve and cried, "I'm sorry, Fourth Young Master, Xiao Qi will clean it for you right away."
With a bang, the big man carrying the sedan chair kicked the child to the ground, and the maids on both sides immediately knelt and stepped forward, taking off the dirty boot. Zhuge Yue glanced at the child, then turned his head, his eyes were indifferent, showing no emotion.
The maid who was accompanying her said coldly, "Chop off her hand."
The child immediately forgot to cry, and sat on the ground stunned. The wolf-like guard rushed forward quickly, and the long knife in his waist was unsheathed instantly, and a line of blood shot up into the sky in an instant. Was cut to the ground!
The ear-piercing scream broke through the sky in an instant, scaring away the ferocious howling vultures all over the sky.
But that young boy quietly closed his eyes and sat on the soft chair, as if he didn't see or hear anything.
Chu Qiao stood at the door in a daze, like a stone statue, her running steps stopped abruptly, her eyes were wide open, her mouth was tightly covered, and she could no longer move an inch.
"Fourth young master, this kid is out of breath."
Zhuge Yue glanced at Linxi's small corpse lightly, stretched out his slender fingers to rub his temples, and said calmly, "Throw it into Houshanting Lake to feed the fish."
"yes."
The strong man lifted Zhuge Yue's soft chair and walked forward slowly, all the servants he passed hurriedly knelt down, not even daring to lift their heads.
"Wait a minute." Zhuge Yue suddenly said softly when passing by the door of the right wing courtyard, turned his head slightly, looked at Chu Qiao who was standing in front of the courtyard door and stared at him, frowned and said in a low voice, "You Who is the slave of which yard, why don’t you kneel when you see me?”
The morning breeze blew, rolling up the fine dust at the corner of the wall, the sun was dazzling, like sharp silver needles, and there were white birds flying in the sky with white wings, like snow in early winter. Chu Qiao took a deep breath, bit her lips tightly, swallowed her shock and anger inch by inch, knelt down on the ground with a plop, stared straight at the blue brick floor with her eyes wide open, and looked like a child. He said in a panicked tone: "Yue'er is a handyman in the backyard, please forgive me for being ignorant, the fourth young master. The first time Yue'er saw the young master, she thought she had seen a fairy."
Zhuge Yue's complexion eased slightly, seeing that the child was as cute as snow jade, young and not very articulate, he seemed quite interested, so he asked again: "How old are you, and what's your name?"
"Back to Fourth Young Master, Yue'er is seven years old this year, and her surname is Jing."
"Jingyue'er?" Zhuge Yue said, "Then you can change your name and follow me in the future, just call me Xing'er."
Chu Qiao immediately kowtowed to the ground and said loudly, "Xing'er thank you Fourth Young Master."
Zhuge Yue withdrew his gaze, and his servants lifted up their chairs, turned around the corridor, and they were nowhere to be seen.
It was just a low-level slave who died. The servants of Zhuge's mansion had already seen the strange thing, and they dispersed in a short while. Several cleaning servants lifted the child's small body, wrapped it in a sack, dragged it on the ground, and walked towards the Tinghu Lake in the backyard.
The child was still very young, and the flesh and blood all over his body had been smashed to pieces. The blood flowed out through the sack, and dripped stickily on the green brick floor, forming a long bloodstain.
Chu Qiao was still kneeling on the ground, her back was heaving up and down, her lower lip was tightly biting her teeth, her eyes were straight, and her two small fists were tightly clenched. She watched the sack being slowly dragged away from her eyes, the glaring blood spread all over the ground, covered with dirty dust, a large tear swirled in her eye socket, and landed on the back of her hand with a slap .
"Don't be afraid, Yue'er, brother five is here."
"We had a very good meal tonight. The fourth young master gave us additional dishes, braised carp in brown sauce, sweet and sour pork ribs, tenderloin in vinegar, white plate duck, there are so many dishes, I feel like vomiting, and now I can't eat anything."
"Yue'er, don't worry, one day in the future, Fifth Brother will make you full and warm, and bring you all the good things in this world, not only braised pork, but also ginseng, abalone, bird's nest, shark's fin, Xiangba, you can have everything you want. At that time, no one will be able to bully us anymore, Yue'er, do you trust Fifth Brother?"
"Yue'er, Fifth Brother will protect you, I'll be right here with you, don't be afraid."
…
Sorrow and hatred surged up like sea water, but she knew that she couldn't cry, and she couldn't show even a little bit of resentment at this time. She wiped her face with the back of her hand, and stood up quickly. Beside the empty courtyard, Xiao Qi, who had broken her hand, had already passed out, and the blood flowed from the broken wrist like a spring, but no one paid attention to it.
Chu Qiao quickly tore the clothes, pressed Xiao Qi's acupuncture points, and quickly bandaged the child to stop the bleeding. After doing everything, she carried Xiao Qi on her back, gritted her teeth and walked to the backyard.
Just after walking out of the courtyard, a cold voice suddenly said in a deep voice: "Stop! Who will allow you to carry her away?"
Chu Qiao raised her head, only to see that it was Zhu Shun who had imprisoned her for three days that day. The child frowned slightly and said calmly, "Fourth Young Master didn't say that he would kill her."
"The master didn't say that he would let her go!" Zhu Shun looked at Chu Qiao coldly, and said coldly, "It's hard to guess what the master is thinking, and I don't know how to live or die. Come, someone, take it down for me!"
The two servants stepped forward immediately, wanting to pull Chu Qiao's arm, Chu Qiao hurriedly dodged back, while pulling, Xiao Qi suddenly let out a muffled groan, and the blood that had just stopped flowed out again.
"Who dares to come here! I am the person next to the fourth young master, you all are dying?"
Zhu Shun sneered, and said, "Before I got the chicken feather, I've already served as a command arrow. Tomorrow morning, Fourth Young Master, don't you remember that you are such a person, and you still say something, how dare you use this to scare me!"
Chu Qiao raised her eyebrows, carrying Xiao Qi on her back, she immediately backed away like a little leopard, her eyes rolled sharply, and her brows were furrowed.
"Butler Zhu, didn't you go to inform Young Master Huai for my family's eldest son, why are you entangled here? I think you really have a lot of free time."