Quick travel to find memories

Chapter 146 Night 7×Hua Ju

In the spring of the third year of Yuanfeng, the first spring rain fell, the earth regained its vitality, and everything turned green.

I don’t like spring very much, because it goes against my life and there is no light in my life.

I have no name, I am an orphan. I don't know where I came from, but since I can remember, I have lived in this noisy and dirty market, and I have survived by stealing and robbing since I was a child.

I also longed for the life and gadgets that other girls like, but later I just felt that it was not suitable for me. How could I be worthy of it...

Once, I was doing my "small business" on the street as usual, and a young man told me that he wanted me to take the soldiers to Chunfeng Tower, and if I did that, he would give me a jar of copper coins.

I have no morals and didn't ask why. I just agreed because I really needed the money.

Every time I got food by myself, I would get beaten. Only a fool would refuse such a good thing without getting beaten, right?

But I didn't expect that someone would actually refuse.

A girl who looks not much older than me, is protecting a little boy who is as wild as a wolf. Just by looking at her eyes, you can tell that this person will not be like this for the rest of her life.

The young master looked at the brother and sister with contempt: "With your poor appearance, you are not worthy of rejecting me? Come on, beat me up!"

I just watched coldly and didn't say anything to stop him. Not to mention that the young man would definitely not listen to me, but more importantly, I was probably too hard-hearted!

Before leaving, the boy and I looked at each other for a moment, and I seemed to feel that he was very hostile towards me?

I wasn't the one who hit anyone, nor was I the one who asked to be hit. Why is he so hostile towards me? What's the logic?

So I shouted loudly: "Stop it!"

Obviously, the young master would not listen to me. The man who was beating the man paused for a moment, but continued beating him without following the young master's instructions.

I shrugged at the boy, and he seemed to look at me even more fiercely. I didn't care and just let him go.

After hearing my voice, the young man raised his eyebrows and asked me, "What do you mean, little beggar? Do you know him?"

I turned my head to look at the rich but brainless young man, then looked at the older sister, and remembered that when I was very young, I also received help from an older sister, which allowed me to survive. And seeing that the girl didn't look too good, maybe she was sick, so I replied, "Well, this girl."

The young man got interested and said to me, "If you do me another favor, I will promise not to beat her. How about that?"

I heard, "Not hitting her? That means he'll continue!" Very good, I like it.

I agreed readily, on the condition that I could take the girl with me.

The young master agreed very readily. He said, "Take the government there, go to the No. 1 private room, and arrest a man named Xie Yuan."

I nodded blankly. Xie Yuan? I don't know him!

The girl had no intention of going with me and insisted on staying with her brother.

The moment I saved the girl, the boy's eyes changed when he looked at me, but I didn't care.

I just lowered my voice and told the girl: "We are just kids, how can we possibly be a match for these people? Once we get out, let's ask an adult to help us, idiot!"

The girl was reminded by me, and seemed to have made up some kind of decision. She nodded to the boy who was gasping for breath on the ground after being beaten. Her eyes seemed to say: Wait for me, sister will definitely come back to save you!

After leaving this filthy place, the girl was anxious to say goodbye to me, but I ignored her and silently handed her half a jar of copper coins. She refused to take it, saying that she would not accept this charity.

I smiled and said calmly, "You are suffering from tuberculosis. How much do you think your self-righteousness is worth? Is life more important or reputation? And you have a younger brother. What will happen to him if you die? You care about him a lot."

She was stunned. She seemed a little confused as to how I knew about her condition. I was usually more patient with girls and kindly explained, "When I was a kid, I followed an older sister to make a living. She taught me."

The girl hesitated for a moment, but still took it and said solemnly: "Thank you, my name is Lin Rou, I will definitely repay your kindness, what is your name?"

Lin Rou? The one from the Lin family… whose house was raided some time ago?

I smiled and said, "Don't worry, I don't have a name."

She let out an "ah", thinking that I didn't want to tell her, but I really didn't. The elder sister only called me a girl, and who would care about the name of a little beggar?

Lin Rou was silent for a moment, then said, "On the fifth day of next month, at the same place, let's meet, and I will pay you back."

I agreed casually and urged her to find someone because I hadn't done my work yet!

I went to the government office to report the case first, then took them to Chunyu Tower and went straight to the No. 1 private room.

There was no one inside. The people from the yamen were a little annoyed and said that I had reported a false case and wanted to put me in jail.

I had nothing to say and let them take me. A handsome man came out from the next private room. He was elegant and generous, and he didn't look very old. It should be that he had just had his coming-of-age ceremony.

He looked at me as if Buddha was saving all living beings, but I felt that the look was ironic and I didn’t like it.

He said, "Excuse me, what is the fault of this little girl?"

When everyone saw this person, they all bowed and said, "Greetings, Lord Governor."

I looked up when I heard that. "Superintendent?" He seemed to be the most senior eunuch? That was quite pitiful.

I originally thought he was just asking casually, but after hearing what the jailer said, he actually specifically asked me to buy it and said that the matter was over.

I looked at him in surprise, and he looked at me calmly.

After everyone left, he asked me to follow him into Tianzi No. 1.

He sat there calmly and asked me, "What's your name?" I didn't say anything, so he changed the question and asked, "Who sent you?"

I moved my lips but still didn't speak, so he asked, "Mute?"

I rolled my eyes at him, and he laughed in anger. He looked down and saw the copper coin on my waist. He reached out to take it away. I subconsciously covered it, but it was still too late. I shouted, "Give it back to me!"

He raised his hand high and saw the word "Huo" engraved on it. He sneered: "The Huo family is really restless!"

He returned the money to me. I looked at what was engraved on it and said what was in my mind: "Rich people really like to walk into traps."

He curled his lips and stared at me: "Little beggar, are you interested in following me? I can give you no less than him."

I looked up at him, and the confidence in his eyes made me believe him naturally.

From then on, he gave me a new name, arranged a place for me to live outside the city, and found someone to teach me how to read and write and learn martial arts. Most importantly, since I followed him, I never went hungry or got beaten again.

Good.

Unexpectedly, one day three years later, he brought back two people, a man and a woman, and the man was not an old acquaintance.

When the boy saw me, his gloomy eyes brightened up. I looked at him and didn't intend to recognize him. After all, we didn't know each other at all.

But what about his sister? Is she still dead? What a pity.

Xie Yuan said to me, "These two are just like you. I named them Qiuxiang and Yeqi. You can take them to study with the Master first. I will come to check the results after a month."

During the meal, Ye Qi came to look for me. I glanced at him and waited for him to say, "Thank you."

His eyes were gloomy as if they were filled with poison, but I didn't expect his voice to be quite pleasant. I didn't resist him much. I didn't ask him about Lin Rou, but just asked him, "You clearly have a name, why did you lie?"

He said calmly: "If he knew my identity, would he still be willing to keep me here?"

I smiled and said, "You don't know him. Before he makes a decision, he will at least find out everything about your ancestors for three generations before taking action."

Hearing this, he was speechless, but he ignored it.

The days passed in an ordinary way. In the ninth year of Yuanfeng, Qiuxiang and I were sent to the palace to serve a new noble.

Amid the chaos, the relationship between the three of us actually grew better and better. Once, the Empress went out of the palace to do some business, and when I tried to stop the Emperor for her, I angered him and was taken away.

I know very well that I will be in danger of death this time, but it doesn’t matter if my life ends here, at least I have experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature.

After going through a period of torture, I thought I was going to find my elder sister. At this moment, Zhu Qing'an came closer from the darkness, stepping on the only ray of light, like a goddess descending to the earth.

She asked me to hit her back, and I listened and hit her with all my remaining strength, but it hurt so much that I couldn't hold on and fell down.

She picked up the bloody whip and beat me again.

Then she dropped her braids and picked me up. I was afraid that the dirty blood on my body would get on her, but she didn't care.

At that moment, I secretly made up my mind that I would never let anything happen to her!

In the eleventh year of Yuanfeng, war broke out. When the Empress, the Emperor and the Lord went out hunting together, an accident happened.

I stayed in the camp and was also captured by Zhu Wen as a prisoner.

I looked around carefully, wary of anyone approaching.

Unexpectedly, there was another person who came back, Ye Qi.

He was wearing the uniform of a Yu Dynasty soldier and followed a commander to report to Zhu Wen how they won.

I looked at him and he looked at me, and in that instant of eye contact I knew this was not an accident.

After I was taken back to the palace, someone had evil intentions towards me. I pulled out the broken blade from my bracelet and was about to take action when Ye Qi suddenly asked Zhu Wen, "General, this is my lover. Please allow me to take her away."

Zhu Wen glanced at me and said to Ye Qi: "Good boy, you are lucky! Go!"

Ye Qi took my hand and went back to a room.

The moment the door closed, I said in a cold voice: "I did save your sister, but that was just a favor I did to her. Don't take gratitude as emotion and trap yourself in this place. You don't have to treat me like this. But thank you anyway."

Ye Qi looked at me stubbornly: "What if I say that I have feelings for you!?"

I looked back at him: "Mad man."

After lying dormant for three years, the lord finally led his troops back to Wangdu City, and everything was finally over.

But at this time, Shuzhu was nowhere to be found, so I volunteered to go look for her, and the master agreed.

For many years, Ye Qi accompanied me in wandering, looking for Shuzhu's whereabouts everywhere.

In the third year of Tianbao, I finally found her at the border of Nanjiang. I felt relieved to see that she was living well.

I wanted to retire and didn't want to live like this anymore, and my master agreed.

After saying goodbye to Zhu Qingan, I found a water town in the south of the Yangtze River and lived by the river.

I don't know how Ye Qi found me, but he was still the same as before, he was always nice to me, but I wasn't very interested in relationships.

I also told him clearly that I would not like him, but he didn't care. He stayed with me in this way year after year...