Chapter 73 Confess and receive leniency; resisting sale
"Hehe, Sister Weijia, why aren't you sleeping? What are you doing here?"
Ah Jiu forced a guilty smile and said innocently, "My bed is small, it can't fit two people. Besides, I'm a light sleeper, if you snore, I'll kick you off the bed. So, you'd better go back to your own room and sleep."
Wei Jia gave A Jiu a cold look, stood up, and left with the words "Get some rest" in her mouth.
I didn't get angry! I didn't ask her where she went or what she was doing!
Is this still the same Wei Jia who repeatedly warned her not to cause trouble?
Hiding behind the door, watching for a long time, and confirming that Wei Jia had indeed left without saying anything, A Jiu felt a great weight lifted from her heart.
If Wei Jia really pressed her for an answer, she really wouldn't know what to say.
That's good now, since Wei Jia doesn't ask, she doesn't need to explain anymore.
However, it turned out that she had put her mind at ease too soon!
The next morning, as soon as the old lady got up, she was summoned over.
After getting up early, Min Qiaoshi liked to stretch her arms and legs to loosen up her muscles and bones before having breakfast.
So when Ajiu arrived, Min Qiao was making strange gestures with her fists and feet.
It is said that this set of boxing techniques is a health-preserving boxing method passed down from Wei Jia's maternal grandparents' family, and it is good for the body.
But in Ajiu's opinion, it was like child's play. The punches were as slow as crawling insects, and the kicks were as soft as cotton. What use were they?
However, she only grumbled to herself and dared not say it aloud. After all, the Grand Madam wasn't practicing boxing for martial arts. And Sister Weijia only wanted the Grand Madam to practice boxing to get her moving; it was at least some kind of exercise, wasn't it?
"Madam, you wanted to see me?" Ajiu curtsied obediently.
Madam Min Qiao, however, continued with her work, nodding to Wei Jia and Granny Fang beside her, "It wasn't me. It was Wei Jia and Granny Fang who came to see you. They said they have something to ask you."
Ajiu was startled and turned to look at the two of them. She saw Weijia staring at her with a cold and stern expression.
Ajiu's heart skipped a beat.
Looking at Granny Fang again, one could see that her face was filled with suppressed anger. Her gaze towards him was filled with resentment.
Seeing this, Ah Jiu really started to panic.
No matter how capable Wei Jia is, or how much the Madam values her, she is still just a servant who entered the household at the same time as her.
But Granny Fang is different!
Granny Fang has served the Grand Madam for decades and is the Grand Madam's closest person!
In Songhe Hall, everyone tacitly treats Granny Fang as half a mistress.
Everyone knows that Granny Fang cares most about the Grand Madam, and she pays more attention to anything related to the Grand Madam than anyone else.
Seeing the panic flash in Ajiu's eyes, Weijia didn't give her a chance to calm down, and asked sharply, "Are you going to tell me yourself, or wait for me and Granny Fang to come and ask you?"
A-Jiu still wanted to put up a stubborn resistance, but saw that Granny Fang looked at her with a disappointed expression, "A-Jiu, how could you do this? Grand Madam..."
Before Granny Fang could finish speaking, Wei Jia pulled her aside and said, "Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be sold!"
His words were sharp and incisive, each word ringing with conviction.
Granny Fang was taken aback and looked at Wei Jia in surprise. That's not what they said before!
Wei Jia told her that A Jiu, relying on her strength, skill, and the favor of the Grand Madam, beat up the two maids of Songhe Hall.
She had always thought that Ajiu was not the kind of person who would bully others by taking advantage of their power, so of course she was angry when she suddenly heard about this.
Therefore, she and Weijia agreed to give Ajiu a good scolding in front of the Grand Madam.
But how come the admonition turned into a sale the moment Wei Jia opened her mouth?
He only hit someone, not killed or maimed, so it shouldn't come to the point of selling him off, right?
Min Qiaoshi, who was practicing boxing nearby, also looked at Wei Jia in astonishment. What was so serious? Why were they going to sell Ajiu?
She had found it strange before that Wei Jia had called Fang Mama out alone, and she didn't know what they talked about. When they came back, Fang Mama was full of anger and wouldn't say anything when asked.
Now that we've called Ah Jiu over, before we've even discussed anything, we've already given him a hard time.
However, she didn't intend to interfere. After all, Wei Jia was sensible. She believed Wei Jia wouldn't speak without reason. It was certain that A Jiu had done something she couldn't tolerate, which was why she was using this to threaten A Jiu into telling the truth.
After hearing Wei Jia's words, A Jiu felt even more uneasy.
No wonder Sister Weijia didn't ask her last night! It turns out she was waiting for dawn so she could interrogate her in front of the Grand Madam!
Ah Jiu figured it out and cautiously stole glances at Min Qiao Shi, only to see that Min Qiao Shi had a tacit attitude. Ah Jiu knew that if she didn't tell the truth today, she might really be sold out.
Without further hesitation, he immediately knelt before Madam Min, pleading, "Madam, please don't sell me out! I'll tell you everything!"
Ah Jiu dared not hide anything any longer and told everything about herself and what she had done since coming to Songhetang.
It turns out that Ajiu was born into a poor farming family with four sisters and two brothers, and the family simply couldn't support so many people.
So, they decided to sell the four little girls.
Ah Jiu was the youngest in the family. She was only three years old when she was sold, an age when she could still stumble and fall while walking.
Unfortunately, she was born with superhuman strength, and she was the first one to be bought.
At that time, she didn't understand anything. She did whatever others told her to do. If she didn't do it, she would be beaten or go hungry.
So she started practicing horse stance, climbing mountains, and throwing stones...
A year later, she was taken to a secret underground place far from human habitation.
There were many children there, like her, who had been bought. Some were boys, some were seven or eight, and some were five or six. She was the youngest, only four years old.
Despite this, she was the most capable fighter among them.
Because she's strong!
When she first arrived, the tallest and oldest boy tried to intimidate her, but she ended up pinning him down and beating him until he was bruised and swollen.
After that, none of the children dared to mess with her anymore.
She was trained in various skills there alongside the other children.
At first, she was confused, but later, fewer and fewer people trained with her, and the things they trained became more and more bizarre.
The throwing knives evolved from being used to shoot targets, then small animals, and finally, they were used to shoot at the children who had been eliminated...
She gradually realized that those adults were training them to be assassins.
Those who pass will stay, while those who fail will become targets for others to practice throwing knives!
In order to avoid becoming a target destined to die, she slowly transformed from initial panic and fear into a cold-blooded killer.
Finally, she passed all the tests and became the youngest assassin in history, receiving her first mission.
However, she deserted during the mission.
She disguised herself as a beggar and sneaked into the capital. After spending some time among the beggars, she felt out of place, so she went to the beggar's office and sold herself for a meat bun.
A meat bun costs three coins. Buying a nine-year-old girl who is still in her prime for three coins seems like a freebie.
And so she arrived at the child's office.
She was bought by a merchant a few days after arriving at the agency.
She thought she could settle down in that family's house, but because she was easily startled at night, she woke up everyone else in the room.
The next day, they were reported to the head housekeeper.
Then she didn't eat a single bite of food all day.
After not feeding her for three consecutive days, she beat up the maids who shared a room with her, along with the head maid who had punished her.
Then, she was thrown back to the childcare center by that family.
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