Xianjin was held down by five hands and dragged into the second door like a fish on a chopping board. He had no room to struggle, nor any desire to do so.
Xianjin was dragged back by a few old ladies. Seeing Li Sanshun hastily put his pipe behind him, the old man tried to catch up with him, but was stopped outside the second gate by Madam Qu.
Seeing that Brother Zheng, who was tying the carriage, threw away the whip that was whipping the mule, Li Shi was about to come to rescue her, but was blocked from both sides by the doormen who appeared from nowhere.
Xianjin was dragged all the way, like an outsider, his ears seemed to block out all sounds, leaving only the black and white images reflected in his eyes.
Her eyes swept across everyone's face, looking at the wrinkles on the mother-in-law's face, the cold look on Mrs. Qu's face, the hesitant look on Mrs. Sun's face, and Chen Sanya's repeated glances as she climbed onto the mule cart...
Like a bystander, without any emotion.
There is only a sense of destiny that I have finally reached this point.
"Bang!"
The door to the east wing of Yiyuan was shut tightly.
Xianjin was pushed into the door by the old woman. He couldn't stand steadily and stumbled. He barely stood up after holding on to the table beside him.
Xianjin rubbed his wrists, leaned over and blew gently on the small window in front of the window frame, blowing out a nose of dust. Xianjin stood up and looked around. This was He Ainiang's bedroom. To be precise, it was He Ainiang's bedroom that was empty after the third wife Sun ransacked the house.
Apart from the necessary bed, two benches, a square table and a spittoon for defecation, there was nothing else.
The whole room was covered with dust and was pitch black everywhere. Only two tightly covered windows let in a hazy light, and some light leaked out stealthily and sparingly from the cracks in the door.
Two "bang bang" sounds were heard outside the door!
Xianjin subconsciously turned around and looked at the door, and a heavy iron lock fell and hit the door panel hard.
Xianjin pursed his lips and reached out to push the window. As expected, it couldn't be opened at all. It might be locked from the outside, or more likely that the gaps in the window frame were blocked with mud bricks.
“Is anyone there?”
Xian Jin shouted loudly.
Not surprisingly, no one responded.
Xianjin knocked on the door a few more times symbolically, pretending to be struggling, then he found a bench at random, sat down with his knees apart, leaned his back against the wooden shelf, squinted his eyes, and fell asleep in a short while.
When I opened my eyes again, the sky was dark and the room was as dark as a ball of thick ink. I heard the sound of light "thump thump" footsteps in the corridor.
Xianjin stood up and squatted behind the door. He squinted his eyes, trying to adapt his night-blind eyes to the darkness. After waiting for a while, the partition under the door that was connected to the ground was lifted up, and a small tray was pushed in.
Xianjin quickly grabbed the wrist of the person handing over the tray and said, "Call the old lady to me!"
The wrist seemed to be grabbed by a ghost. He cried out a few times and hurriedly pulled it back. "I don't know! I don't understand! I don't understand!"
Then he ran away with a clatter.
Xianjin:...
Well, what kind of girl who is capable of handling things would be assigned to do this job?
Xianjin half squatted down and used the light coming through the crack in the door to see clearly what was on the tray.
very good.
very good.
As soon as she looked at the plate of green vegetables, she knew who was responsible for her meals.
What the hell are these cabbages and radishes!
Cabbages and radishes are back!
Third Madam Sun, does she only know one move from the Thirty-Six Strategies of War?
——All’s fair in war!
One trick is enough to make you successful!
He tried to punish her by eating her again!
Xianjin took a deep breath and, relying on the remaining memories from when he took care of the patient three years ago, he fumbled in the wooden cabinet and found several candles of different lengths and fire starters. He leaned against the window frame and knocked on the candles twice, three short knocks and one pause after another.
What followed was a response of three short beats and one pause outside the window.
Xianjin let out a long sigh.
"Is there anyone near Yiyuan now?" Xianjin asked softly, "Is there anyone near Yiyuan now?"
The person outside the window shook his head to indicate that there was no one outside.
Immediately afterwards, through the blurry window lattice, Xianjin saw the dark shadow outside the window exaggeratedly raise the big lock on the window panel, make a gesture to Xianjin to unlock it, and then wait in the same place.
"You go ahead and drive, but be careful and be gentle. Chen's house is very small and loud noises will attract others." Xianjin said.
The person outside the window poked and pried the lock very skillfully, and with a "click", the lock opened.
The window was lifted up by a dark shadow.
Xianjin could see clearly then that it was a very young boy, no more than fourteen or fifteen years old. The boy had sharp eyes and looked around. He opened the window but did not come in. He just stood outside the corridor, lit a lighter, and took out two oil lamps from somewhere and handed them to Xianjin.
It’s not the sign language fanatic uncle I saw in the alley last time.
Xianjin was about to speak when he saw the young man took out a reed pen and cardboard from his body, squatted in the corner, and wrote carefully, stroke by stroke. When he finished writing, he handed it to Xianjin.
Xianjin looked down and said, "My name is Liu Haixing."
Well, it looks like she was born at sea...
Xianjin was about to speak, but the boy handed him several more pieces of paper.
"My father's name is Liu Shanhu. Last time you were attacked in the alley, he was stupid and got you injured, so the boss removed him;"
"Because I write very well, I was honorably selected this time;"
"There is another companion named Lin Haibao, he has gone to eat;"
"We take care of the food and water ourselves, you don't have to worry about it;"
Xian Jin: ...?
The little pieces of paper flying like snowflakes were about to drown her.
Although this child cannot speak, his desire to express himself has not been hindered at all!
Xianjin read through the pictures one by one until he saw the last one: "This family is evil. I can help you kill the whole family, even the fat and strong yellow dog at the door."
Xianjin suddenly looked up and saw that the starfish boy's eyes were shining, and he didn't seem to be joking.
"Don't...don't..." Xianjin waved his hand, "At least the big yellow dog is innocent, and the two taels of fat on the little yellow dog's belly was fattened by me."
After listening to it, the young man thought for a moment, then lowered his head and quickly wrote on another piece of paper -
"Then just kill the old woman. First pull out her tongue, then hang her on the beam, cut her throat, and stand upside down to let her bleed."
It sounds like killing a fish.
Xianjin rubbed the root of his nose and waved his hands, "Starfish——"
The starfish boy blinked to show that he was listening.
"You don't need to interfere in this matter. I have my own way."
Xianjin looked calm, and took out a name card from his bosom and handed it to Haixing, "Take this name card to Yingtianfu to find Wang Xuezheng and ask him how long the second stage of the tribute paper selection takes? How will the results be announced? If there is any progress in the tribute paper selection, can you let me know?"
It’s a business card given by Master Qiao.
Wang Xuezheng could certainly save her from her predicament, but that was not what she wanted.
She had said before,
She wants to leave the Chen family with dignity!
Being rescued by others, no matter who rescues you, is not considered upright.
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