Immediately after the death of the master

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Both of my eyes were swollen by him, enduring the pain, through the swollen eyelids, in the limited vision, I looked at him.

The boy looked serious, without any hypocrisy, and there was only childlike curiosity in his big black eyes.

At that moment, I suddenly realized.

Ji Sanqing is sympathetic to me, Ji Qinghe is contemptuous to me, the master servant is arrogant to me, only the Eighth Prince really treats me as his equal.

He was the first person to see me like that when I was a piece of shit with nothing.

At that point, I made a decision.

This is my master, I thought.

my only master.

97,

When I returned to my tent, there was nothing in the tent except a bed, and Ji Qingshuang even sent someone to guard my tent to prevent me from going out.

This is determined to let me sleep well.

I couldn't help but lie on the bed. The moment my body touched the bed, my body was so comfortable that I was about to moan. Even if I didn't want to, two days of running around endlessly made my body reach its limit. , My brain is not controlled by my will, and I fell into a dream.

I didn't sleep well, and even when I was asleep, I was partially conscious, and I even fully remembered a dream I had.

To be precise, it was not a dream, but a memory from the past.

A memory about riding a horse, about Ji Sanqing, about the master.

Not long after I entered Prince Yu's mansion, I was favored by my master. He liked to take me everywhere. Once, the third prince asked the master to go to the hunting garden, and the master dragged me there too.

It stands to reason that servants like me are not allowed to enter the hunting grounds. They can only wait beside the stables, waiting for the masters to have a good time, and then go back to the mansion with them. The guy who played the cards dragged me out of the minions.

"Wait!"

The master ordered me to wait at the same spot, and I stood at the same spot helplessly, watching Ji Qingshuang who came with the third prince scurry around me.

This is the Royal Hunting Garden, a place where only relatives of the emperor can come. I looked at the majestic horses in the stables, looked at the gorgeous clothes of the third prince and others, and felt that I was out of place here. The extremely flat ground under my feet seemed to have needles. The point of the bayonet made me unsteady and I wanted to escape.

In fact, the master didn't leave for a long time, but I felt that it was very long. When the master led the two horses out of the deep part of the stable, he saw me with wandering eyes and at a loss.

The master laughed and came over and patted my back.

"What's the matter, can't wait anymore?" The master put one of the reins in my hand, "But you are not waiting for nothing, this horse is specially reserved for you by my groom. Not too slow."

I took the reins of the reddish-brown pony, a little unsure of what was going on.

"But, master, servants are not allowed to hunt on horseback in the hunting grounds."

Subconsciously, I told me what the old man of Prince Yu's Mansion had repeatedly told me. Immediately after I said it, I realized that this had spoiled my master's interest, so I kept my mouth shut.

The master raised his eyebrows, and said disdainfully: "You are my king's man, you can do what I say, and you don't have to worry about anything else."

"But--"

What else do I want to say, the Third Prince has already picked out the horses and greeted the master outside the stables.

"Hey, old man, have you finished picking?" The third prince's voice was as loud as ever, "Hurry up, before that little girl Ji Qingshuang has finished picking, let's run first, this time we can't say anything. Lost to a little girl again!"

"Oh! Third brother, I'll come right away!"

The master quickly responded to the third prince, and was about to leave with his own horse. Before he rode on the tall horse and chased after the third prince, he turned back and said to me:

"Li Nianen, I'll wait for you at the entrance of the woods, hurry up—"

The young man's voice was clear and his spirit was high. At that moment, I was attracted by the shining young man. After I came back to my senses, the young man raised his long whip and rode away, disappearing into my realization.

After my master couldn't even touch his back, I who was left in the dark stable could speak the words I couldn't speak.

"But——I can't ride a horse..."

Horses and carriages, these are things that country people and poor people can only think about. A horse costs at least a few coins, and no ordinary family can afford it.Even if you have that spare money, isn’t it good to buy chickens, ducks and cows? Why spend money on a horse that is useless.In my childhood, even the richest person in the Li family village had only one mule.Later, when I entered the city, I could see horses from the merchants, but the harsh labor had made me lose the mood to join in the fun.Later, when I arrived at Ji's house, I was just a servant, and it was enough to do my job well. How could I have the opportunity and energy to learn how to ride a horse.

I took my pony by the hand, and its big black eyes looked at me. We looked at each other in silence, it couldn't speak, and I couldn't.

My pony and I were quiet, but Ji Qingshuang, who was quietly left behind by the third prince and master, was not at all stable. She screamed in anger and threatened to teach the third prince and master a lesson.

Ji Qingshuang, a teenage girl, is leading a black horse and rushing to chase the two princes.

Behind her, someone discouraged with a little helplessness:

"Ji Qingshuang, at least you should pay attention to your image."

This voice was as gentle as jade, and it was very familiar to me. I suddenly looked back, and sure enough, it was Ji Sanqing, the eldest son of the Ji family who had been gone for a long time.

Originally, he wanted to run with Ji Qingshuang to prevent her from getting into trouble, but he saw me with a troubled face.

"Is something wrong, little brother?" Ji Sanqing stopped and asked me with a little worry.

I know his character pretty well, so I didn't think about trying to hide it from him.

"Oh, son, my master asked me to meet him at the entrance of the forest, but I don't know how to ride a horse, and it would be a waste of time to walk there. I don't know what to do now."

"This situation is really tricky," Ji Sanqing worried about me, showing embarrassment, and after a while, his expression relaxed, and he suggested to me: "How about this, little brother, I will guide you and take you to ride slowly? "

"Uh--but don't you still want to chase the princess, don't you bother?"

"No trouble, that girl Ji Qingshuang has nothing to worry about, she is more ferocious than any prey in the hunting garden..." When Ji Qingshuang was mentioned, Ji Sanqing obviously had a headache, "Forget it, don't care about that crazy girl, little girl." Brother, hold your horse, let's go, I will teach you how to ride a horse."

Ji Sanqing taught it meticulously, and the horse chosen by the master was not docile. I don't know if it's because of my stupidity. In just a quarter of an hour, I fell off the horse three times.The third time I fell was head down on the ground, and Ji Sanqing was so frightened that he refused to let me continue practicing.

Seeing that simply teaching me how to ride a horse and taking my men and horses together would not work, Ji Sanqing decided to take the next best thing and planned to bring only my men there.Ji Sanqing sat behind him, rode with me, and went directly to the agreed place.

Ji Sanqing's riding skills are just like his own, not fast, but very steady.This is my first time riding a horse, but I am not afraid at all, the scenery flies by, the horse bumps, and the dizziness of looking down from a height.I hugged Ji Sanqing's waist tightly and stuck to his back tightly, without any sense of fear, my heart was peaceful and stable, and I was even able to enjoy this novel feeling.

Ji Sanqing's back is wide and warm, with the characteristics of an adult man who can be relied on.When I leaned my face against Ji Sanqing's back, I suddenly returned to my childhood.Thinking back to my cowardly, incurable father.

My own father is a piece of shit, my stepfather at least taught me to read and write, and my own father who doesn't know a fart can do anything but kill pigs.When I was born, I was muddleheaded, when I was raised carelessly, when I died, I didn’t know why, my grandparents were angry, my mother looked down on him, the villagers bullied him as an honest person, and he was pushed away all his life. value and meaning.

I have always thought so.

The arm holding Ji Sanqing tightened, and Ji Sanqing asked me: "What's wrong?"

[What's wrong? 】

That wimpy father asked me that too. At that time, he carried me on his back. His back was as wide and warm as Ji Sanqing's. When I was carried on his back, I would never worry about it. will fall.

Because of that man, that wimpy man, he will definitely catch me.At that time, knowing nothing, I firmly believed that that cowardly man who was almost humble would definitely catch me.

The man carried me on his back, and I stayed on that man's back. We walked through the golden rice fields under the setting sun, crossed the brook with golden waves, and under the golden sky, we returned home.Mother had already prepared dinner, and she stood by the door, looking at her husband who had returned, with a soft, golden light in her eyes.

My mother, she is not a good mother, but she is indeed a good wife. All the tenderness in her life has been devoted to that cowardly and useless man, and the person who cares most about that cowardly and useless man is me——my My mother hated me for it.

Children are sensitive to this, even though my mother tried to hide it.Therefore, when that man put me down, I was full of fear for my gentle mother, and subconsciously shrank behind that man.

that man is sensitive