Maid of a wealthy family

Chapter 52
This evening, the first snow in early winter fell.When I got up the next day, I saw that the mountains were covered with silver, and they were extremely bright and clean.It was sunny after the snow, and the sun was very bright, shining on the snow, making people blinded.After the snow melted, the ground was soft.The new wind is raging in the mountains with the severe cold.Chrysanthemum knows that the season has entered the middle of winter.After Yao Qiye was buried alive, Chrysanthemum changed suddenly.Not only did she lose weight, her complexion became sallow, but she also spoke less, with a melancholy and reticent look on her brows.On the one hand, it was caused by Yao Qiye's death, and on the other hand, a bigger matter weighed on her heart.That is, with the coming of the full moon, the marriage between her and Ran Longgui will inevitably be in front of her.What should she do?Chrysanthemum understands that Ran Longgui took her up the mountain at the risk of taking her to marry her.She also knew that Ran Longgui had her in his heart and couldn't do without her.But in Chrysanthemum's heart, Ran Longgui became less and less.Especially after capturing the master and burying the seventh master alive, Chrysanthemum felt that Ran Longgui was no longer the simple, kind, helpful and honest Ran Longgui, but had become a cruel and inhuman devil.Lan Hongen's face often appeared in front of her eyes, it was so kind, elegant, and kind. Compared with people like Ran Longgui, the master really looked like a benevolent, benevolent and merciful Guanshiyin Bodhisattva.But Ran Longgui is a gangster who kills without blinking an eye.She was making shoes for Ran Longgui, but she was thinking about Lan Hongen in her heart.She wondered if Lan Horn was in danger that night, and had he returned home safely?I don't know how bad his injuries are, and if he is healed now... She really wanted to give birth to wings immediately, fly back to Lan Mansion, and visit the master.But she knew that she couldn't go out at all. She could only call Lan Hongen's name in her heart and say, "Master, you must take care of yourself! Master, you must be careful in the future!" Now, Chrysanthemum understands that she The position in my heart has been completely occupied by the master.But, how should we treat Ran Longgui now?Chrysanthemum really can't think of a way.She is afraid of the full moon, but Old Man Time doesn't seem to sympathize with her, and the days are approaching day by day.

Sure enough, Ran Longgui brought food at noon that day, and looked at her with a smile on his face, looking intoxicated and happy.

When Chrysanthemum saw him, she didn't know what happy things happened to him, so she asked softly, "What are you laughing at?"

Ran Longgui deliberately said, "Guess."

Chrysanthemum also deliberately said: "Didn't you catch the master again?!"

Ran Longgui didn't answer, picked up the shoes that Chrysanthemum made for him on the bed, and looked at them happily.After a while, I couldn't help but answer Chrysanthemum and said, "It's more gratifying than catching Lan Hongen."

Chrysanthemum still didn't understand: "What happy event, tell me..."

Before Chrysanthemum finished speaking, Ran Longgui put down his shoes, and suddenly hugged Chrysanthemum tightly, and said excitedly: "Chrysanthemum, you forgot? You will be full moon in two days. Rudder handle" said, wait for you Full moon, I will hold a wedding for us in the shed above. We... are going to be a couple! Come on, let me kiss first, kiss..." As she said, she hugged the chrysanthemum and kissed impatiently.

After chrysanthemum listened to it, her whole body became completely cold.She was afraid that this day would come, but this day still came.She didn't know what to say, but felt that her body had become a piece of wood.She neither evaded Ran Longgui's passionate kiss, nor took the initiative to cater to her, as if she had lost consciousness.After a long time, she woke up from her numbness, pushed Ran Longgui away and said, "No, no! You can't...marry me..."

Ran Longgui was stunned for a moment, he looked at Chrysanthemum fixedly, before she finished speaking, he hurriedly grabbed her hand and said loudly: "Chrysanthemum, what's wrong with you? Why do you say you can't marry you?"

Chrysanthemum choked up and held back tears.She wasn't sure how to answer.Yes, can you tell Ran Longgui that I don't like you?No, you can't say that.But what should I say?After a long time, Chrysanthemum came back to her senses and said, "Brother Longgui, I, I can't marry you..."

Ran Longgui became even more anxious, looked at Chrysanthemum as if he didn't know him, and asked even more eagerly: "Chrysanthemum, tell me quickly, why?"

Chrysanthemum finally shed tears, sobbing and said: "I, my body is not, not clean, I have been occupied by the master, and I have given him a child, you, you can find another girl... "

Ran Longgui interrupted her: "No, Chrysanthemum, I want to marry you! I know, you didn't mean it, no wonder you, I just want to marry you! No matter what happens to you, I want you." He grabbed Chrysanthemum by the He shook his hand vigorously.

Chrysanthemum hung her head, she didn't dare to look at Ran Longgui's face.She knew that the pair of eyes on that face must also be burning with blazing flames.However, Chrysanthemum's sincere and warm confession to Ran Longgui did not arouse any spark of soul.She wanted to tell Ran Longgui loudly that she was only willing to give her body to the master, but she didn't dare to say this, and after a long while, she still comforted Ran Longgui and said, "Brother Longgui, don't think so. There are many good girls in the world. , as the saying goes, there are only leftovers and leftovers, and there are no leftovers and children, you can..."

"No! No! I want you!" Ran Longgui yelled like crazy before Chrysanthemum finished speaking.Shouting, he desperately pressed Chrysanthemum on the bed and tore Chrysanthemum's clothes with his hands.

Chrysanthemum was in a hurry, and while covering her body with her hands, she yelled: "Let go of me! You can't do this, you can't do this, Brother Long Gui, I'm not full moon yet"

Ran Longgui tore for a while, and the blazing flame in his heart came down. At this moment, he hugged Chrysanthemum, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Chrysanthemum, my darling, don't worry, I won't, I won't do it!" You! I just love you in my heart. I can’t tell, I’m not feeling well! Listen, Chrysanthemum, I miss you, hope for you, the blood on my body seems to be boiled dry! I can’t live without you, Chrysanthemum, I’ve been waiting These two days, I want you..." He said hurriedly, like a child looking for his mother's embrace, his thick head arched back and forth on the chest of the chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum felt that his body was burning like a high fever, and his heart was beating very hard.But Chrysanthemum still feels like a pinch of dead ashes, and like a pool of clear water.She could see that Ran Longgui really loved her and was very pitiful, but she just couldn't burn with his skin as she did in the past, and her heart was trembling for every slight touch and sweet kiss from him.She even thought very strangely, how could there be such a wonderful feeling in the past?Could it be that I remembered it wrong?

After Ran Longgui left, Chrysanthemum bloomed after thinking about it.How to do?Could it be that she really couldn't refuse Ran Longgui?Is it really impossible to escape the fate of marrying him?Yes, as long as she stayed, she was destined to marry him!Seeing Ran Longgui's appearance just now, can she avoid it?If she doesn't agree, he will tear off her clothes like an eagle catching a chick without any effort... Thinking of this, Chrysanthemum cried out in her heart: "My God..." She didn't Dare to imagine that scene, closed his eyes in pain, but his body kept shaking.Then, Lan Horn's kind and always smiling face appeared involuntarily before her eyes.That smile seemed to be calling her, saying: "Chrysanthemum, come back! Look at our Lan Mansion, there are endless things to eat and wear! We will treat you well."

Thinking about it, Chrysanthemum's heart suddenly became excited, as if her body was full of vitality.A thought suddenly popped up in my mind: run away!Yes, only by escaping from here can she avoid the fate of marrying Ran Longgui; and only by returning to Lan Mansion, can her heart of missing and caring for the master be relieved.She thought, even if she went back and just took a look at the master, she would be relieved.Thinking of this, I wished I could leave immediately, so the idea of ​​running away became more determined.She thought of the past and thought of running away.However, one reason is that she can't walk around casually because she hasn't had a full moon yet.Another reason is because of fear.She heard from Ran Longgui that there are patrolling "Lengzi" everywhere in the mountains.But now, she doesn't feel afraid anymore.She is a day or two away from the full moon, and she has fully recovered.More importantly, after seeing the master escaped, she was not caught by them, so she gained more confidence.She thought, since the master can escape, why can't I escape?I just feel like this, I feel a little sorry for Ran Longgui, I have been waiting for so many years, just waiting for the day of getting married!But I thought again, this is fate, and no one can do anything about it, so don't think about it so much!Next, as if she was afraid that her confidence would be shaken, she stopped thinking about Ran Longgui.She tried to hide everything in her heart, and waited for the night as if nothing had happened.

It was a night with a waning moon.After dinner, Chrysanthemum's heart was in a state of panic, turmoil and tension.She was not in the mood to sleep, and saw that the sky was getting darker, and the hills, strange rocks, trees...all the sights that could be seen during the day had turned into black strange things.It takes a long time to look at them under the faint starlight to see their general shape.The cold wind sounded like weeping in the mountains, the sound was desolate and mournful, and occasionally a faint phosphorescent fire lit up in the woods, like the light shining from the eyes of the devil in the legend, fleeting for a while.Chrysanthemum looked at it for a while, and suddenly became frightened.She thought, the sky is so dark, and the mountains are full of steep trails.Can she get out?But it didn't take long, as if the heavenly master intended to help her, the half moon rose.The half moon seems extra bright tonight.As soon as it showed its face, it tore the night veil of darkness.The black and strange-shaped scenery that had been connected together in the distance was now fully visible.The branches of nearby trees appeared one by one.Even the grass stems on the ground are very clear.With the moonlight, the phosphorescent light that was seen before, like a devil's eye, was no longer visible.Chrysanthemum suddenly felt that the night was very fresh, warm and bright again; the timidity she had just now was immediately replaced by courage.She thought, maybe this is God's special care, otherwise, why is the moon so bright tonight?She listened attentively to the noises in the shed above, but there was no sound at all, it was so quiet that she could hear the snoring of the deep sleeping earth.Chrysanthemum calmed down, and felt that the time had come, and she couldn't stay any longer.So she walked out of the cave carefully.

However, just as he was about to run, he stopped suddenly.She raised her head and looked in the direction of the shed above, as if she was still worried about something.After a while, she suddenly walked back to the cave, took out the finished cloth shoes from the haystack under the mat, and placed them on the bed.She counted ten pairs.She didn't expect to make so many shoes these days. Looking at these shoes, Chrysanthemum's eyes gradually became moist.After a long time, two teardrops crawled out of the corners of his eyes and hung long on his delicate face.She shouted in her heart: "Brother Long Gui, I'm leaving! I know you love me and can't let me go, but I have already given my body to the master. I only have the master in my heart. I am sorry for you, Brother Long Gui... you Hate me, Brother Longgui! If you run out of shoes, send me a voice message, and I’ll open them up for you again. Brother Longgui, you should be more careful when you walk on mountain roads..." Thinking silently in my heart, I stopped Can't help but the tears flowed down for a long time.Her lips were trembling, she turned around hastily, covered her mouth, and strode out of the cave.Then, it disappeared into the mysterious and quiet night.

The day when Chrysanthemum was about to escape was also a very meaningful and memorable day for Lan Hongen and Lan Fu.Early in the morning, an official from the county government sent Lan Hongen a handwritten letter from the governor, Mr. Cao Yuru, out of breath, asking Lan Hongen to rush to the general office of Liujiangchang to discuss matters immediately.When Lan Hongen saw the gift, he immediately understood what was going on, and a sincere smile appeared on his face.

This was the first time he laughed happily after escaping from the Nine Layers Fortress.His injuries have all healed.In fact, what Ran Longgui gave him was just a little physical injury. Compared with the little pain on his body, Lan Hongen felt that the fright he suffered in his mind was far greater than that little physical pain.But now that he has escaped, everything is the same as before, so the scare in his heart has long since disappeared.He felt as if he had had a nightmare. When he woke up, the dream was gone, and everything was the same, and there was nothing to worry about or suffer.

After he escaped, he did not forget to go to Cao Yuru, a former classmate and good friend, to report the sins of the regiment chief who corrupted the law and exploited the common people, and in his words, he also very subtly and implicitly revealed his desire to replace him.Then, he stuffed a large bag of silver coins into Cao Yuru's hands.He knew in his heart that Cao Yuru was not a fool, and he would not fail to understand his purpose of doing so.He thought, this must be the reason why Cao Yuru summoned him to discuss today.He was overjoyed for a while, and immediately went into the house and changed his clothes, took the housekeeper and two servants with him, lived in Liujiangchang and left.

Now, Lan Hongen has learned his lesson, and he will bring his family along in broad daylight.

When we arrived at Liujiang Field, sure enough, Cao Yuru and Chu Jiamao were already waiting in the regimental head office.In addition to them, there were more than a dozen squires and security chiefs in the room, all sitting upright with solemn expressions, like a row of clay sculptures in a temple.After seeing Lan Hongen, everyone bowed and the atmosphere eased a little.

Lan Hongen also bowed to everyone as a return, and then went to find an empty chair and sat down.After sitting down, he raised his eyes and wandered around for a while. At this moment, he saw that President Tuan was not as usual today, sitting listlessly in a corner with a look of bewilderment on his face.Lan Hongen believed even more that today's event would have something to do with changing the group, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.He moved his eyes to Cao Yuru, only to see that Cao Yuru's gaze was also looking at him, revealing the light of approval, affirmation and understanding.As soon as Lan Hongen saw it, he felt a little overwhelmed.

Sure enough, not long after he sat down, Cao Yuru cleared his throat and began to speak: "Squires, I have called you here today, and I have something to tell you..." As he spoke, his gaze swept across the group sharply. The general manager just turned around and continued what he said just now: "After investigation, the head of Liujiang Changtuan, as the parent of a party of people, does not think about serving the country at the top, and does not think about benefiting the hometown at the bottom. His corruption and perverting the law are not tolerated by the state's etiquette..."

Before Cao Yuru finished speaking, there was a slight sound of surprise in the venue.Everyone focused their attention on the fat face of President Tuan.

The head of the regiment knew that a catastrophe was imminent, so he stood up dripping with sweat and said, "Convicted of my humble position!"

Cao Yuru waved to Chu Jiamao, Chu Jiamao stood up and said, "Read the letter of dismissal now."

As he spoke, he looked stern, picked up a document and read it.After reading, Chu Jiamao said to Mr. Tuan, whose knees were shaking and sweating, "Go out."

The head of the regiment agreed, walked out with a dejected expression, walked to the door, came back and took off his hat and put it on the table.

As soon as the head of the regiment left, there was a lot of discussion and condemnation in the room: "It's true that you know people and face but don't know your heart." "" "It's really getting rid of a harm for the people."

(End of this chapter)