Chapter 112
The teacher asked Leyuan many questions. The class was finally over. Leyuan finally understood what it meant to feel like a year had passed. After the class was finally over, the teacher asked slowly, "Why don't you sit down and wait for a while? Maybe the person just walked a little far and will be back soon. Otherwise, you can go to dinner with me and then slowly look for him after dinner. Anyway, it's not dark yet, so there's still time."
Leyuan shook his head and refused immediately. He said to the teacher with an apologetic and anxious look on his face, "I'm sorry, teacher, I can't sit here any longer. If I continue to sit here like this, I will feel like I am completely useless and of no use at all. I really want to see him, but I don't know where he is. This is very worrying."
I can't help but imagine that he might be in danger. I really need to see him right now. If he can appear in front of me right now, then this problem will be solved and I can slow down. But now he doesn't appear, I can't sit here, please forgive me, teacher."
The teacher smiled, waved his hand and said, "Okay. You speak so sincerely and you have a point. Just go out. Anyway, you have already attended class today. As for the homework, I will give it to you tomorrow or next time when you have time and are not in a hurry. You can deal with it according to your time and hand it in to me. Do you understand?"
Rakuen nodded.
The teacher said, "Okay, go ahead."
Leyuan stepped over the threshold and walked out. The teacher looked at his back, shook his head, and murmured, "I don't know why he is so impatient. He is just a servant. What's the big deal? He doesn't look poor or miserable. It's a bit too much for him to care about a servant."
Leyuan didn't care about what was said behind him. After he walked out, he looked around and thought that he had already looked in the direction of his teacher's residence before. Instead of going there again, he might as well change direction. He walked towards his own residence, opened the door, and looked around. He didn't find Sick Aga, nor did he see any note he left for him. He met other servants on the way.
Leyuan walked over and asked, "Excuse me, have you seen my servant?"
The servant who passed by shook his head: "We don't know, we didn't come out before, we were working in the kitchen."
Leyuan nodded: "Oh."
The servant left. Leyuan thought that maybe Sick Aga was hungry, so she went to the kitchen to eat in advance. Leyuan walked into the kitchen, but Sick Aga was not there. Leyuan asked other people in the kitchen, and they all shook their heads and said they didn't know.
Le Yuan sighed inwardly and walked out. Without noticing, he was bumped into by a servant who was holding something and lowering his head to cover his eyes. The man's things were all over the floor. Le Yuan apologized while squatting on the floor to pick up the things. He handed the things over and returned them to the man. When he looked up, he saw that it was a stranger and asked, "Have you seen my servant?"
The man shook his head: "I don't know, but you can go look for it in the yard. Maybe he forgot to come back because he was having too much fun."
Leyuan stood up hesitantly and walked out.
When he walked into the courtyard, he did not see Bing Ajia, but saw some other people, none of whom he recognized. Leyuan hesitated for a moment, walked over and asked: "Have you seen Bing Ajia? He is my servant."
Those people shook their heads and said, "I don't know."
Leyuan nodded and was about to leave. Suddenly, someone called out to him from the corner, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Don't you want to find someone? Why are you walking so fast? It's so annoying. If you don't know, you'd think you were in a hurry to be reincarnated. It was too late for me to say anything."
The man appeared in front of Leyuan, panting. Leyuan slowly turned around and saw that it was a child. He was immediately disappointed, but he was unwilling to give up the clues that might appear in front of him, so he asked with a glimmer of hope: "Do you know the sick Aga?"
The child shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I called you because I knew there was a dog hole. Some skinny people could get in and out through that hole. Originally, the hole was left so that they could secretly give the excess kitchen garbage to stray cats and dogs for disposal. Who would have known that now there are fewer and fewer stray cats and dogs, and they eat more and more, and they grow bigger and fatter, making it impossible for them to get in and out.
Gradually, there was nothing in the hole and it was noticed by other people. They started to discuss that maybe the hole could be used for entry and exit. Some people tried to go out from there. They didn't need to go through the gatehouse, open and close doors, be questioned, or comply with the access control. For most people who like to play, it was a good intersection. If they happened to be thin, the passage was not narrow.
You know what I mean, right?"
The child looked at the park and raised an eyebrow at him.
Leyuan hesitated and took out some money from his sleeve and gave it to him.
The child rushed over, tried it out, and felt that it was real. He smiled enthusiastically at the amusement park and said, "Hey, just go and see it. If you can't see it, come back and find me."
Leyuan thought, if I fail to find you by now, it will be dark already. If I come to look for you again, I won’t know where you are. I’m afraid you will ask me for money again, and I won’t be able to tell you anything useful, so I’d rather not mention it.
He forced a smile and nodded, and the child ran away. Before leaving, he turned sideways and waved goodbye to him. Leyuan turned around and walked away slowly.
He thought about it and went to the dog hole the child mentioned. He squatted there for a while. He didn't see anyone passing by and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a rustling sound. Leyuan quickly moved his hands and feet to prevent himself from being unable to catch the person who appeared because of numbness in his body. Regardless of whether the person who appeared was a sick person or not, Leyuan felt that he needed to catch the person.
Maybe it can be used as a clue?
Paradise took a deep breath and waited quietly.
The sound gradually disappeared, and Leyuan waited for a while, until he thought that the people outside had left and were not going to come in. He wanted to leave in disappointment, but then he thought that if he left now, he might have wasted the waiting time, so he might as well wait a little longer. Leyuan waited here for a while, until the surroundings were very quiet and the sky had completely darkened. Leyuan was disappointed.
He didn't want to leave now, maybe because he still had some fantasies in his heart.
He just sat there, looking at the hole, tilting his head, thinking about something. He wondered where Bing Ajia was now. Maybe he had returned to his residence and was waiting for someone.
A person suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave, with only his head showing. He stretched his neck hard, trying to get in. Leyuan blinked his eyes and suddenly became alert. He rushed over and waited for the person to squirm in the cave for half a day without coming out completely. Leyuan lost his patience, crawled over suddenly, held the person down, and pressed him to the ground.
"Tell me! Who are you? How dare you come here at night and break in? Do you admit your crime?"
Paradise questioned.
"I, I just sneaked out to eat some roast chicken. I didn't do anything against the law! Please don't misunderstand me! Don't send me to the government! I really don't dare to do it again! I will never dare to sneak out to eat meat again! Please, forgive me this time. Just this time? I won't dare to do it next time. Wuwuwu——"
This seemed to be a servant living in the house.
Leyuan hesitated for a moment, and the man wanted to run away, so he immediately got up and twisted his waist, trying to push Leyuan off him. Leyuan immediately grabbed his clothes tightly, and his nails dug into his skin without hesitation. Blood came out from the gaps between his nails. After being hit, the man screamed, staggered, and waved his arms wildly, trying to pull Leyuan off.
The paradise was scratched by his nails. He seemed to realize that this could hurt the person who wanted to subdue himself. He suddenly became happy, sneered, and slammed his slap of the park. The paradise punching on the neck of this person could only hear it. I didn't know if the neck was broken or the bones were cracking.
Like a seagull with its wings spread out, feathers disheveled after a failed landing.
Leyuan sneered, raised his fist and pinned the man to the ground, questioning: "Why are you running? You just said you went out to cheat, but there must be more to it! Otherwise, are you so guilty?"
The servant began to cry bitterly, trying to get Leyuan to soften her heart and let him go quickly. He sobbed and said incoherently, "You don't know, you don't know! I am in so much pain, I am dying."
After searching for a man in the park for most of the day without success, he was already very annoyed. After hearing him crying like that, he was immediately furious. He grabbed his clothes, pulled him up, and punched him to the ground. The soil on the ground was very soft, and the man's chin was half stuck in the soil. Although he was still sobbing, he no longer dared to change the topic as he did before.
Leyuan asked, "Do you want to die or live? If you want to die, I will grant your wish! Do you think I am afraid of you and therefore dare not do anything to you? You have wasted so much of my time, and before I could settle the score with you, you wanted to run away first. Do you think I am so easy to fool? Your grandpa is not a coward!"
The servant cried.
Leyuan grabbed him and punched him again. There was a clicking sound and his jaw seemed to be out of place. He could not cry any louder. He just twisted his expression and looked even more aggrieved. However, Leyuan could see clearly that his eyes were flashing with ferocity. He was intentionally using his crying to attract other people to come and disrupt Leyuan's affairs.
他就是不想把事情告訴樂園,樂園心裏冷笑,面上卻懶得和他再糾纏了,與其在這裏浪費時間,不如離開繼續去找人。
就算只有自己找人,也好過興師動衆起來,行動不得自由,還找不到人。
樂園想好了,對仆人說:“我看你是個一心求死的人,雖然我不是喜歡濫殺無辜的罪人,但是遇上你這樣的人,我是一心要成全你們的,我記得這附近有一個地窖,只管讓我把你丢進去,過三五天,你也就死在裏面了,不必髒了我的手,也不必壞了我的事,你說可好?”
仆人瞪大眼睛,才知道樂園是真心想這麽做的,大哭起來,發現大哭沒有用處,就嗚咽着求饒,口水從嘴巴留下來,惡心透頂。
樂園把他提起來走了半路,拖得費力,把他丢在地上,一只腳踩住,彎下腰去問:“你這次想要說話了?晚了!我不想聽你的鬼話了,誰知道你要說什麽,要是沒有用處,還是浪費我的時間,我可不是那麽有閑心的人,我奉勸你,現在省點力氣,之後還好過一點。”
仆人抱住樂園的腿大哭,為自己辯解說:“我不是有意要傷害大人的!求大人饒過我這一次吧!我再也不敢了。”
樂園說:“你上一句說再也不敢的時候,你立刻就爬起來跑了還想打我,這次說這種話,你叫我怎麽能相信你呢?”
仆人讪讪,低下頭去,很快又想到什麽似的扒拉樂園問:“大人想問我什麽?我一定知無不言,言無不盡!”
樂園說:“不是我不想問你,實在是你之前根本沒有給我一個詢問的機會,既然你現在問了,那我就告訴你,我要找一個人,就是我的仆人,你可見過他?”
仆人想了想,面露難色對樂園說:“我知道一點,大人的那個仆人,我在外面見了他,他似乎是在府中做事的時候被人看見抓住擄走了出去,就恐怕是回不來了。”
樂園臉色一變,抓住仆人的衣領問:“你說的是真的?!”
仆人小心翼翼點了點頭,瑟縮着自己的脖子,扶着下巴,捂着半張臉,眨了眨眼睛,看着樂園說:“是啊,我沒有說假話,我在外面,真的看見大人的仆人了,那個人是被捆起來的,一群人把他關在籠子裏面,逗笑取樂,我路過的時候,沒敢仔細看,但聽見他們說話。”
樂園眉頭一皺:“他們說什麽了?!”
仆人垂下眼去:“他們說,若是不能抓住主子,抓住仆人也是一樣的,什麽東西不能用?什麽人不是人?只管抓了回去,不成再說!誰怕誰呢?若是偌大一個府中丢了公子,是要着急上火的,可只丢了一個仆人,他們沒道理要追查到咱們頭上,可以高枕無憂玩個痛快了!
哈哈哈。”
仆人小心翼翼看了樂園一眼,繼續模仿自己記得的聽見的情況:“那些人哈哈大笑,給籠子蓋上了黑布,黑布裏面是個人,我撇眼看過去一下,發現有些眼熟,一開始沒有認出來,後來走在路上,我想起來了,我跟那個人是見過的,那個人就是大人的貼身仆人。
我們之所以見過是因為昨天晚上,走在路上,他似乎跟什麽人講話,那個人不知道站在那裏,反正我路過的時候,沒有看見,只聽見他在說話,是有來有回的對話,卻沒有看見人也沒有看見人影,沒看見人臉也沒看見衣服鞋子之類的東西,我一靠近,他就發現我了。
他發現我就轉過頭來,想要威脅似的模樣,很兇狠,我都不敢多看,只是一心想要躲開,可是,他都看見我了,我也不好躲開,只能,低着頭,就像是我什麽也沒聽見什麽也沒看見。
而且,我确實是沒有看見其他人,只聽見了奇怪的聲音,看他的反應和态度,他對面之前應該是有人的,只是他不确定那個人是不是被我看見了,就對我說,可以走了。
我不太确定他的意思是不是我之後不能說出來,但我不敢說,怕說出來就被人抓起來殺了,他當時看起來真的很兇,沒想到,今天白天他就這樣了,我更不敢說了,所以被大人抓住的時候才狠命想逃跑,如果能甩開大人,我就沒事了,畢竟,我的臉是貼着土的。
我想,大人應該沒看見,也沒看清楚我的長相,我只要今天晚上跑得出去,就算是我的造化,之後只要不記得今天晚上的事情,不再提起任何和這些事情有關系的話,我以為我就能安全了,誰知道,今天晚上是跑不出去呢?!請大人務必不要怪罪我。我還想活下去。
求求大人了,不要殺我!嗚嗚嗚——我只是膽小怕事而已。我沒有幹傷天害理的事情啊!我怎麽樣也罪不至死啊!嗚嗚嗚——求求大人了,我保證,這次是最後一次,我真的不會把今天晚上的事情說出去的。”
樂園冷笑道:“不會?你不是說了,你不想說昨天的事情,可你說了,你不想說今天白天的事情,可你說了,你現在又對我說,你不會把今天晚上的事情說出去,你叫我怎麽相信你呢?你這種滿口謊言的騙子,雖然你對我說了這些話,但你叫我怎麽相信你說的話都是真的?
天知道這些話不是你編出來騙我深夜出門出事的理由?你說啊!”
仆人蔫了,确實,他沒法證明自己之後不會說漏嘴,也不能證明,自己真的沒有說話,因為他沒有證據,只能低下頭去,軟綿綿說:“對不起,大人都是我的錯,我撒謊,是我的錯,我偷偷溜出去,是我的錯,我反抗大人的抓捕,我的錯,我想攻擊大人,還是我的錯……
嗚嗚嗚——我真的不是故意的!大人,求求你,相信我這一次吧!真的不是假話!真的假不了,假的真不了,您相信我這一次,買不了吃虧,買不了上當,您也沒給我一分錢啊!嗚嗚嗚——我真的虧死了。您相信我,我怎麽敢拿自己的命做賭注呢?”
樂園不置可否說:“那可不見得。有些人專門喜歡用自己的命和別人打賭,誰知道你是不是那樣的人?更何況,就算你說不是,你之前三番四次對我遮掩和撒謊的行為,已經證明你不可以相信了,你說出來的話,當然不能全信,誰要是完全相信了,我看,還不知道怎麽死的。”
仆人大哭:“您怎麽可以這樣說我?我是認真的!我沒有撒謊。我不敢去死。求您饒過我一次吧。”
樂園說:“你這種人,饒過一次,後患無窮,我憑什麽饒過你呢?”
仆人說:“因為我可以幫忙,我可以指路,我可以帶着大人出去,替大人遮掩,我可以給大人指出我究竟白天在哪裏看見了那些人,在哪裏看見了籠子被黑布遮住,又是在哪裏聽見了那些人說話!我可以幫忙的!我很有用處的!大人!”
樂園将信将疑:“那好,這次就放過你。你既然說你那麽有用處,你就要帶我出去,今天的事情,你也不許對別人說,你可知道?”
仆人連連點頭。
樂園說:“那我們現在就走!”
他本來想讓仆人發誓的,但是,轉念一想,發誓也沒有用處,有些人就算是發誓了,也會背信棄義。
更何況,仆人本來滿口謊話,相信他的誓言,還不如相信他可以把自己帶到病阿加失蹤之前最後被人看見的地方去。
仆人啊了一聲,想要拒絕,但是看樂園的神色,就知道這件事是刻不容緩的,猶豫了片刻,非常不情不願地點了點頭,答應下來說:“那好,我們現在就走,那大人,能不能松開我了?我不會亂跑的。”
樂園聽他這麽說,将信将疑地松開了手,果然不出所料,只要樂園一松開,仆人就跳起來想跑,難為他現在還這麽有精力可以活潑到這種程度,樂園冷哼一聲,立刻伸手,把人抓住,仆人撲通一聲摔倒在地上,這次還是正面朝下,背對着樂園,樂園走到他身邊。
仆人想要爬起來,樂園一腳踩住他拱起的脊背問:“你就那麽喜歡逃跑嗎?你撒謊的次數還不夠多?你覺得我太相信你了,我肯定不會對你做什麽,是不是?你就那麽肯定我對你必定大發慈悲?真有你的。
你把我當什麽了?石獅子嘴裏的球?貓手裏的毛線球?随便你踢來踢去?”
樂園冷笑一聲,對他說:“你看,我要怎麽處理你比較好呢?不提你能不能帶我去找到人,也不提你對我說的那些可能會找到人的話是真是假,我就問你,你騙我這幾次,你要怎麽算?你以為這件事可以容後再議所以無所謂來幾次是吧?我要求你現在就給我一個回答!”
樂園的表情陰沉下去,看起來像是從閻羅地獄爬出來的判官,黑着一張臉,背後是朦胧模糊而冰涼的月光,仆人深深打了個哆嗦,感覺自己如果不能現在回答出來就會比死亡更痛苦,他被一陣難以言喻的恐懼攝住了,他感到自己作為獵物被擒獲,他猛地撿起一塊石頭。
樂園還以為他是要攻擊自己,往後退了一點,轉念一想,對方就算是想要攻擊自己也得有那個膽量有那個能力,就站住了,這一頓,他就看見仆人将那塊石頭砸在了自己的一條腿的膝蓋彎曲處,頓時臉色慘白,表情扭曲,張開嘴,喉嚨發出咔嚓叽咕的聲音,非常痛苦。
仆人喊了出來:“啊——”
但他沒敢大聲喊出來,就連忙丢開石頭,捂住自己的嘴,低下頭去,整個人四肢着地,撲在地上,一副誠心誠意的模樣,對樂園虛弱地漂浮似的磕了一個頭說:“這就是我的誠意,請大人不要再責罰于我。我已經知道錯了,我不會再跑了,我少了一條腿是跑不掉的。”
樂園勉強相信了他,皺着眉頭說:“既然如此,你這個樣子,怎麽跟我出去?你不會要對我說,因為你自己毀掉了自己的腿,所以我不能再要求你跟我出去吧?事情是你自己做的,話是你自己說的,你不會不認賬吧?”
仆人虛弱地笑了一下:“怎麽會呢?既然我已經聽見大人說要出去的話,當然不可能現在就忘掉,我會跟大人出去的。大人就對門房說,因為我不小心在夜間看不清楚摔倒撞上了旁邊的石頭,導致腿斷了半邊,大人心慈仁善要帶我出去治療,不想打擾別人,這件事不要聲張。
門房就算不允許我出去,看在大人的面上,也會打開門放我們走的。”
樂園說:“你這是一石三鳥啊。斷了腿,可以免去我對你的責罰,又可以出門,又可以治病,若能治療好了,也不過是痛一會兒,比起自己的命來說,這還是好事了,甚至,也許還可以繼續撒謊,好算計。”
仆人虛弱地咧開嘴笑了一下:“我怎麽敢算計大人呢?大人願意留我一條命,我已經感激不盡了,大人,與其在這裏繼續猜忌我,不如我們現在就到門口去試試這條路能不能走吧。”
樂園問:“那你這樣,是自己走,還是我扶着你走?”
仆人看了一眼自己的腿,渾身大汗淋漓,又看了一眼自己在地上摸爬滾打在衣服上沾到的泥土,無可奈何苦笑道:“我這個樣子是肯定沒法自己走出去的,只能請大人給森*晚*整*理我幫個忙,扶着我出去了。雖然痛苦,但這也是沒辦法的事情。”
樂園想了想:“也罷,那我扶你。”
仆人當時有一個想撿起石頭來砸樂園的頭的下意識舉動,手都伸出手去了,被樂園看見了,他就不太好意思地收起自己的手來,蜷縮了一下手指頭,手心裏還多出許多的汗漬,大概是覺得給人看見了不太好下手,要麽就是,我本來沒這個意思就是覺得挺順手的。
不幹白不幹。
樂園收回目光,對他說:“你指路,走到外面,也是你帶路,要是什麽都找不到,我就找你的麻煩。你知道我的意思吧?”
仆人點了點頭。
門房看見他們,疑惑地問:“怎麽這個時候就出來了?要出去?可是,大人沒告訴我,今天要給公子開門啊!”
仆人惱道:“你以為什麽人都和你一樣?非得等大人說話了才做事呢?這件事要是做得好,或許沒獎勵,但你要是做得不好,你看自己會不會被趕出去就完了!”
門房大驚失色問:“真的有那麽嚴重嗎?”
仆人危言聳聽說:“當然!你以為不會嗎?你看看我,再看看公子的模樣,我們都這個樣子了,怎麽可能還有心思來編謊話騙你?”
樂園笑了一下。
看起來挺微妙的。
門房将信将疑問:“那你們要現在出門?”
仆人點了點頭說:“是啊。”
門房問:“你們出去做什麽呢?”
仆人說:“還能做什麽?我們出去當然是為了治病!”
門房聽到治病兩個字就皺了皺眉說:“可是,大人不是已經找了第二個老師給公子,讓老師教導公子學習醫學?如果公子學習了醫學,治病對他應該很平常吧?再說了,醫生的醫術也不是憑空得來的,好歹要聯系一二吧?如果都不聯系,怎麽可能有好醫術?”
仆人喊道:“你這個人,知道什麽?第二個老師才來多久?學生就算是學得再快,也得循序漸進吧!哪裏有一天之內就學到可以出師的地步?要是不出師,給別人看病,我們是小門小戶的随便看,皮糙肉厚不容易出事,可是,要是哪天給達官貴人看病也随便嗎?
你以為那些金貴人跟我們似的,随便折騰,給點藥就感恩戴德了,還得在開藥之前問一句,藥材是不是很貴,需要的東西是不是很多,我們可是窮得很的人,那些人就不一樣了,他們不僅不窮還閑得慌,藥材要最貴最好最多的,吃得不好了,就找人,吃得不舒服了還找人。
你以為那些事情都那麽容易呢?”
門房聽到了這裏,已經蹙着眉頭,感覺自己沒什麽好分辨的了,想要把人放出去,又覺得就這麽放出去了,有人問起來,自己是有責任的,不能随便幾句話就把人送出去,到時候,要是事情鬧大了,只怕不止是要負把人放出去的責任,還要負人在外面出事的責任。
他心裏在這裏猶豫不定,臉上表現出來了,對面的仆人感覺這件事快要成了,面上就十分和藹可親地笑道:“你也別擔心,我一個人出去或許是自己的事情,但是我身邊這不有一個公子嗎?公子還能騙你不成?就算是公子騙了你了,公子叫你開門,你能說我不開?
我勸你,還是聽我一句話,現在把門打開,讓我們出去,免得在這裏被人撞見了,還以為我們在吵架,要是真被人誤會了,可不是一兩句話說得清楚的,到時候,別人在背後偷偷摸摸給你告一狀,我們的事情不成了,你的事情,還有好果子吃嗎?
你也別以為這件事,大人不知道,大人什麽不知道啊?但凡是這屋子裏的事情,大人都知道的,大人不僅自己耳聰目明,而且身邊的人個個在府裏都手眼通天似的,我們在底下做的事情,他們知道了,大人必定知道,大人知道而不阻攔我們,這不證明我們是正事?
大人也不阻攔我們,你阻攔我們,你算什麽?你以為自己比得過大人?這府裏可還是大人當家做主呢。你別太過分了。我們已經把話說到這裏,索性,我再對你多說兩句,我們敞開天窗說亮話,你別不相信,大人平時怎麽樣?現在怎麽樣?你心裏應該有數。
這些可不是我們瞎編。
我們是要暗地裏出去不錯,盡量不被人看見,也是,但你以為大人為什麽不攔我們?”
門房懵懵懂懂問:“為什麽?”
這一問就算是上套了。
仆人把手一拍,樂園讓他靠在自己身邊,他勉強穩住,湊到門房旁邊,笑嘻嘻說:“這就問對了!別人或許不知道,但我是知道的,我實話告訴你,大人是希望看着我們出去,我們出去是為了一件事,旁人都不清楚,這件事要是成了,大人高興,我們也過得好些。
這件事要是不成了,大人不知道,明面上,我們還都沒有什麽損失,這也是大人和我們心照不宣的結果,你要是上門去明面問,那就肯定是不行了,你別不相信,你要是敢當面去問大人,你看大人生氣不生氣就完了!大人生氣可不是好惹的,我們也就算了。
你以為,這件事若是連門都沒有出就不成了,大人知道之後會怎麽看你?就算大人不故意對付你,大人也不會做故意針對一個下人的事情,可是呢,你覺得別人會讓你好過嗎?仆人和仆人之間可不會有許多彎彎繞繞,沒那個必要。
大人是心寬不計較你的過失,我們就不一定了。
大人或許不會對你做什麽,但我們做起事情來,可就狠多了。知道為什麽?奪人錢財,如同殺人父母,這是不共戴天之仇啊!你要是不讓我們出去,你可要想清楚了。我都把事情說得這樣明白,你再不清楚,也只有自己選的路,自己走了。”
話雖然如此說,但聽起來,這話真的很像是在說,你自己要往死路上走,我們也管不着,實在是沒有辦法了,随便你吧。
門房被這一大堆的話吓到了,哽咽了一下,哭喪着臉問:“那我如果把你們放出去,真的沒有問題嗎?”
仆人笑道:“你放心,有問題也問你不到,我們兩個是自己出去的,公子還比你身份尊貴,你要是攔人,也得攔得住,不是?怪到你頭上,最多是遷怒,很快就好了,你要是不讓人出去,被人看見,你就是首當其沖的罪人一個,你也不希望事情變成那樣吧?那可太糟糕了。”
門房連連點頭,已經被說服了,心想,我不過是放他們出去,又不是我跟着他們跑出去了,我怕什麽?就算是要問罪,也不該問到我的頭上,這不是我的過錯。他們兩個人,我一個人,我要是攔住他們,也未必攔得住,不如就這樣,讓他們出去,他們盡快回來了,也算好事。
事情辦成了,有我的一份,事情辦得不好了,也跟我沒有關系,問起來,若有人說是跟我有關系的,我只管對自己說不知道,別人問起來也只管說不知道,大人确實是個寬宏大度的人,想來聽我只說不知道是不會對我計較許多的。
若他們偷跑出去,大人居然一點不知道,就算是問了我,也問不出來,大人肯定心急如焚,必定要先想辦法找到走出去的人才算數,重點是不會放在我這裏的,既然重點不在我這裏,想必也不會對我嚴刑拷打,我沒有什麽可害怕的,就算有人對我做什麽,也是私下裏。
個人的意思算不得什麽,只要不是大人要殺我,都還有回旋的餘地。
既然今日說到這裏,打開門讓他們出去也不是不可以,若他們能繞開,只怕早就繞走了,也不在這裏和我多費唇舌。
門房笑道:“好吧。我給你們開門,你們悄悄出去,不要生長,不要驚動其他人,否則,我是沒有辦法的,就算想給你們遮掩,也實在是說不出來其他,你們可要見諒。”
仆人連連點頭:“知道了,怎麽想也怪不得你的。你只管放心,就算是我們在外面的路上見了其他人,被他們帶回來了,也不會說你有錯的。”
得了這話的保證,門房喜笑顏開,連忙推開門,門開只有一條縫隙,門房往周圍看了一圈,對面前的兩個人招了招手說:“就這裏了,你們快點出去吧。也要記得快點回來,還有,回來的時候盡量不要弄出聲響,我會從門縫偷偷看你們,你們只管等我開門,別緊張。”
仆人點了點頭,從縫隙之中擠了出去,樂園緊随其後,門房連忙關上門,上鎖,松了一口氣。
這件事就算在門房這裏過去了,這兩個人若是能盡快回來,什麽事情都沒有,當然最好,要是一時半會沒法回來,事情敗露,被發現了,他也只是一問三不知罷了。
門房安慰了自己緊張跳動的心髒,轉過身去,就要坐下,突然看見一條黑色的影子出現在身邊,整個人頓時被吓了一跳,跳起來問:“什麽人!?”
那個人緩緩走出來,笑道:“原來你連我都不認得了?”
門房定睛一看,松了一口氣,重新扶着凳子坐下,笑道:“原來是你啊,你不是說你今天晚上不來了嗎?你的事情已經辦完了?”
“辦完了,所以我想趕快過來,若是沒有人路過,今天晚上還算是我們兩個當值這個班,之後我還可以多休息一段時間,玩起來總是比工作更叫人覺得快樂的。不是嗎?”
門房同伴走到門房旁邊摸出一個藏在角落的小板凳,坐下來,在門房旁邊笑了笑。
門房漸漸放松了警惕,點了點頭說:“既然你是這麽想的,也不是不可以,今天晚上,就當是我們兩個當值吧。要是有事,你也要多擔待。”
他想,若是事情敗露了,我一個人擔責任,豈不是太痛苦了?兩個人一起,我就松快許多,不至于那麽緊張,畢竟,一個人被抓起來,可能砍頭,但是一群人被抓起來,那可未必就會全都去死。
哈哈,我可真聰明。
門房同伴點了點頭,笑着問:“哎,說起來,這裏怎麽好像有一點泥土?這是誰的鞋子在這裏路過的時候踩出來的?”
門房心髒猛地一收縮,他差點以為自己是犯了心髒病了,低下頭去,顫顫巍巍打量地面,門房同伴卻攔住他的肩膀,哈哈笑道:“跟你開玩笑呢。你以為這裏真有泥土不成?平時又沒人要出去,就算是出去的人,也不走這扇門,咱們這裏是門房裏面最清閑的,能有其他人?”
這話聽起來莫名像是試探之中的質問。
門房看了一眼自己的同伴,額頭上汗津津的,心想,但凡有空閑,我都一定要找機會,好好休息一段時間,他擡手抹了一把自己的額頭,汗水一下子把手背都打濕了,他看着手背上的汗珠,直起身來,對同伴笑道:“确實沒有,我還以為是自己走過來的時候不小心弄髒了。”
同伴笑道:“地面弄髒了不要緊,反正平時沒人過來,我們只管在沒人來的時候,将這裏處理了,就算是不幹淨的,也幹淨了,沒什麽可害怕的地方,畢竟,不做虧心事不怕鬼敲門,我們又沒見鬼,又沒殺人的,有什麽可害怕的?”
門房沒聽出來同伴是否真的知道自己的事情,只是不耐煩了這種反複被試探的感覺。
他當時如同被砍了一刀似的,大為惱怒,冷笑道:“你也知道自己沒殺人,沒事請假做什麽?沒事請我給你替班做什麽?沒事你每次要走的時候那麽着急做什麽?我看你确實沒事,你着急喝酒誤事去了!
你要是沒腦子,我勸你去吃一口豬腦子,以形補形!
你要是沒有舌頭,我勸你去吃一口牛舌,也是以形補形!
你要是幹不出來男人的事兒,你就去吃牛鞭豬鞭,何必在我這裏胡攪蠻纏?我聽夠你的酸言酸語了!我做得好是我的過錯嗎?我他媽的在這裏工作,是你安排的?我給你代替做事還是我的錯了?我就不應該答應你的請求,我就不應該把兩個人的活兒一個人幹了,是不是?
你他媽的少在老子面前裝蒜,占了便宜還賣乖,世上沒有你這樣不要臉的人!”
同伴愣了一下,不敢再說那些讨厭的話了,讪讪對門房笑道:“哦,不好意思,都是我喝了酒,胡說八道起來,你別當真,別當真,改天我買一壺酒來給你賠罪,你千萬別放在心上,這件事就這麽算了吧。我不會對其他人說起的。你也別對其他人說就是了。
我們還是相安無事,有什麽不好呢?”
門房揉了揉鼻子,冷哼一聲,偏過頭去:“我有什麽好害臊的?又不是我遲到。我有什麽不能相安無事的?我答應了你的事情,給你辦了,你明明自己來得晚了,還想找我讨口,我可不是好欺負的。你別以為我是那麽随便的人!再說了,我是稀罕你的那一壺酒嗎?
你就是跪下來求我,我也不稀罕你這種人的什麽東西。
你說話本身就是對我的侮辱,你不閉上自己的那張臭嘴,還在這裏誇誇其談,真是讨厭透頂,老虎不發威,你以為我是病貓啊?随便你折磨的?哼,下次再有這樣的事情,你別怪我,提着刀也要弄死你!你全家一個也跑不過去!
老爺不弄死你,是老爺心善,不是你可以得寸進尺的理由!你少他他媽的在老子面前擺譜耍什麽少爺的譜兒。”
同伴敷衍而不耐煩地連連點頭:“我知道了。我知道了。”
門房冷哼一聲:“你知道?你知道狗屁!你知道什麽?你知道就不會說這些話了。你什麽都不知道,你還在這裏作出一副自己什麽都知道的模樣。我呸。不知道的以為我是你兒子呢。我才沒那麽不堪,我勸你,最好自己腦子放幹淨一點。別見了什麽髒污事兒就往別人身上潑。
狗屁,你算什麽?我又不是收垃圾的,又不是污水池。你以為我那麽順着你的意思随便處理?你還真沒那麽大的臉。”
同伴的脾氣還算不錯,被訓斥了這麽一大堆,只是點了頭,之後就沒有再說話,過了一小會兒,門房總算是把心裏的怨氣都發出來了,松了一口氣,心情放松了許多,面上勉強能帶出來一點笑容了,他覺得不錯了,就開始在自己的口袋裏面掏東西。
他掏出來一壺酒,看向同伴,同伴笑吟吟湊過來,就像是他們之前什麽都沒有發生似的,哥倆好地喝了同一壺酒,笑呵呵說:“好啊,好啊,今天的天氣可真不錯,是不是?不是嗎?好得很呢!哈哈哈!哈哈哈!”
樂園和仆人走出門之後,在外面走了一段路,算是到了地方,仆人卻突然滿臉迷茫對樂園說:“遭了,不夠亮,跟白天不太一樣,我現在覺得有些迷路了。”
樂園皺了皺眉問:“你的意思是,你不認得路了?”
他往周圍看了一圈,心中冷笑,面上說:“算了,我記得怎麽回去就可以,你只管在外面找,若是找得到,就算是我們的造化,要是找不到,你我一起去死吧。”
仆人臉上慘白問:“雖然可能找不到,但是,不至于那麽慘吧?”
樂園笑道:“啊,你覺得不至于?我問你,私自離開府中是什麽罪過?隐瞞不報是什麽罪過?走在晚上的夜路被人發現是什麽罪過?這裏是否宵禁,我不清楚,但看路上這麽冷冷清清的,要是随便走過來一個官差,你我也少不得給大人丢臉,若是要給大人丢臉,還不如自己了斷。
就算你不想死,這裏沒有事情,白天都能有人把我的仆人從府中強行擄走去了,晚上這種事情,只會更多不會更少,你以為是那麽容易解決的?哈,你要是相信那種國泰民安所以晚上随便出門的鬼話,我告訴你,要麽是你的腦子已經壞掉了,要麽是這個世界已經壞掉了。
你選一個吧。”
仆人讪讪笑了一下,轉過頭去,小聲說:“不至于那麽糟糕吧?若是到處都壞掉了,我們怎麽可能還活到今天?”
樂園走在他身後,聲音幽幽地往前傳去:“是啊,什麽東西都早就壞掉了,但我們還活到了今天,這是為什麽呢?因為你我都不是人,早就該死了,之所以活到現在,不全都是因為大人的恩德蓋世封天?這話在外面是不應該說的,因為有些人嫉妒,有些人偷奸耍滑。
他們若是聽見了,只會找來殺身之禍,但是,我想,現在我們都出來了,随便說兩句話,也無所謂,就算是被人聽見了,也就那樣,橫豎我們是走出來一條死路,我也不跟你客氣,你要是找不到人,我們一起死了,還算是幹淨。”
仆人哭喪着臉問:“為什麽我要和公子一起因為奇奇怪怪的理由去死啊?”
樂園長嘆一口氣說:“因為我們本來就活不了多久。”
仆人說:“問題在于,我又不是病秧子,又不是短命鬼,我為什麽不能活下去?我覺得我可以長命百歲,我家裏的其他人都沒死呢。他們都比我年紀大,他們都沒死,我比他們年輕,怎麽可能走在他們前面?您可別說話了,再這樣,我怕沒找到人,路上一個坑都能死了!”
樂園說:“不說就不說了,随便你,但要是找不到,也不可能在活着的時候不回去,你在門房面前胡扯那一通,你不覺得自己回去難以解釋嗎?”
仆人笑道:“有什麽難以解釋的?只管按照實情說來,大人不會苛責我們的。怪罪雖然是免不得的,但是我們這麽冒冒失失跑出來,大人有些生氣也是應當的。我們受罰也就受罰吧。總歸不會因為路上的意外死掉。”
樂園冷笑道:“那也未必。既然你這麽說了,我勉強相信你,你随便找吧。或許真死不了呢。”
仆人呸呸呸:“您可真會說晦氣話。”
樂園回答:“我就這樣,你愛聽不聽。愛幹不幹。”
話是這麽說,仆人要是真敢不幹了,樂園第一個把他宰了,送到官府去。
“你不覺得哪裏有問題嗎?”
仆人走在路上,找了半天,突然轉過頭來問樂園。
看起來他的表情還有些疑惑。
樂園不知道他在疑惑什麽,就問:“怎麽?”
仆人回答:“我們走了這許久,周圍都沒有人,是不是不太正常?”
樂園說:“天色都這樣了,不正常,也正常了。晚上發生什麽事情都正常。”
仆人将信将疑:“可是,我覺得太安靜了,而且,周圍好像一個人都沒有,你不覺得嗎?我們自從走出了那扇門,外面就與衆不同了。”
樂園說:“裏面和外面有些不同之處也很正常。”
仆人搖了搖頭:“不不,我的意思是,我們來到了另外一個世界。”
樂園沉默了半晌,伸出手來,摸了一下他的額頭,疑惑地喃喃道:“奇怪,沒有發燒啊,怎麽開始說胡話了?”
仆人哭笑不得:“真是感謝您現在還記得關心我的身體,但是,我們的思路完全不在同一條線上啊!”
樂園說:“不必管那些,你只告訴我,哪裏能出去?”
仆人睜了睜眼睛問:“您的意思是,你已經相信了這裏是另外一個世界了?我還以為需要更詳細的說明,你才能相信我呢。”
他低下頭去,有點不好意思地嘟嘟囔囔:“畢竟,我之前是有那麽好幾次的前科了,你能相信我,真是出乎意料的事情啊。”
樂園皺了皺眉問:“你的意思是,你現在還是在騙我?”
仆人連忙擡起頭來,揮手否認,讪讪笑道:“沒有沒有!”
他往周圍看了一圈對樂園說:“我們已經走了一段路了,都沒有看見人,不如随便敲一扇門試試看,老實說,我覺得,這個時間,大家不應該都睡着了。”
樂園将信将疑:“那你去敲門還是我去?”
仆人笑道:“當然是我們一起去,我一條腿怎麽可能方便?”
樂園扶着他走到別人家的門口去,一邊聽着敲門聲一邊說:“真有你的,我之前還沒說出來,你是敲個腿還能把我帶上的人。”
仆人笑了一下,沒回答,等了一會兒,門裏面沒有聲音,他們又換了一家,免得一家沒有回答是因為裏面根本沒有住人。
但是,如此反複,多次之後,他們确認了,門裏面确實沒有人。
仆人和樂園對視一眼,準備打開一扇門,确認裏面是否真的沒有人。
畢竟,猜測得出的結果,大多數時候是不能算證據的,即使自己可以相信,別人也不好相信,雖然這裏沒有別人,但,多一層确認總比猜錯了更好。
打開了一扇門,裏面什麽人都沒有,黑漆漆的,仆人憑着感覺摸出來了藏在櫥櫃裏面的蠟燭,點燃了,往周圍一看,有那麽一瞬間,突然在周圍的黑暗之中看見了數不清的死不瞑目的眼睛,那些眼睛全都來自于挂在屋子裏酒池肉林般的屍體,人類的屍體。
仆人被吓了一跳,手一哆嗦,蠟燭的火焰就搖晃起來,他連忙要穩住,可是不小心,蠟燭的蠟油熱乎乎地從蠟燭的頂端一點點掉下來,被這麽一晃,頓時落在了他的手心裏,他被燙到了,啊了一聲,想要甩手,擺脫這種痛苦,可是,一時間沒有注意,蠟燭被甩出去了。
只聽得砰的一聲,仆人的手撞上了旁邊的不知道什麽東西,他又啊了一聲,十分痛苦地皺着眉頭捂住自己的手,蹲下身去,蠟燭撞上了不知道什麽東西,落在地上,咕嚕嚕滾動一陣,幾乎是不見了,樂園抹黑着問:“你怎麽樣?”
仆人緩過來了,回答說:“還好,只是被燙了一下。”
樂園說:“那我再去找一支蠟燭來?”
仆人說:“可以,還在剛才的位置找一下吧?如果可以,就用點燃了的那支,如果不可以,找新的再想辦法點燃也可以。”
樂園聽了說:“知道了。”
他們說話的時候,屋子裏空蕩蕩的,莫名有種正在回音的錯覺,要仔細聽,是聽不出來的,但是說話的時候,又能感覺到那種好像有什麽東西跟在自己身後的想要回頭的沖動,地上黑漆漆的,看不出來有沒有誰的影子。
窗外明明是亮的,沒有像屋子裏這麽黑,但是,外面的光一點都沒有從各種縫隙裏透進來,打開的門是沒有關閉的,可,屋外的光就像是被某種力量封印住的滾珠,無論如何滾不到屋子裏來,因此,屋子一直黑漆漆的,也好像只能黑漆漆的。
樂園不喜歡這種氛圍感,皺了皺眉,小心翼翼摸到了旁邊的櫃子,準備蹲下身去,将櫃子的門打開的時候,櫃子突然分不清前後還是左右的晃動了一下,樂園往後退了半步,但是之後櫃子就一動不動了,好像剛才的晃動只是樂園一個人的錯覺。
樂園想了想,覺得或許是櫃子裏藏着老鼠,聽見腳步聲感覺有人要開門就跑走了,跑的時候沒注意,尾巴被東西壓住了,扯出來的時候才導致櫃子這麽劇烈地不正常晃動了一下,想清楚了緣故,樂園就再次伸出手去,要打開櫃子的門。
這次,櫃子一點都沒有動彈,可是,樂園還沒來得及松一口氣,就從櫃子門縫的黑暗空隙之中,看見了一雙眼睛,那雙眼睛是明亮的,像是一抹稍縱即逝的光,樂園眨了眨眼睛,那東西就不見了,樂園猛地抓住門把手,打開了門,可是,裏面黑漆漆的,堆着東西,沒有人。
當然,樂園之後也沒在那堆東西裏面看見剛才看見的那雙眼睛。
莫名其妙的,他有點失望,仿佛他還想再看一眼。
He shook his head, thinking that this idea was wrong, so he calmed down, reached out his hand, and began to grope among the pile of miscellaneous items, trying to find the candle. He touched a soft cylindrical object with a slippery surface, like a layer of grease. Leyuan was a little confused. Although he felt that this thing did not look like a candle, he also felt that the touch was a bit similar to a candle.
He wanted to grab the thing out, but because it was buried among a lot of debris, he couldn't get it out for a while. Leyuan moved his fingers to grab the thing and tried to get his hand back, but who knew that the thing in his palm suddenly bent.