Yunyue past events

A shallow moon has just risen outside the window, and the room has already been lit.

The maid knelt down in front of Zhao Ling, and helped him untie his belt, the belt was untied, suddenly something fell out of his pocket, and landed on the ground with a slap.The maid opened it and saw that it was a piece of grilled lamb chops. She was very surprised: "Why is there such a thing in your arms?"

"Don't take it away, I'm useful." Zhao Ling hurriedly snatched back the grilled lamb chops, holding them in her arms mysteriously.

This is the lamb chop that was quietly hidden during dinner.

The maid laughed and said, "Young master doesn't like to eat mutton, so why do you suddenly treat it as a treasure. Bring it quickly, the bed will smell like mutton after a while."

"I've said it all, I'm useful, you go away." Zhao Ling blushed and chased away the maid.

The maid covered her mouth and snickered, it was the first time she saw Zhao Ling hiding something after serving Zhao Ling for a long time, and it was a piece of mutton.The maid had no choice but to put down the bed curtain and let him go.

Zhao Ling fell asleep with the lamb chops in his arms, and he wanted to bring the lamb chops to sleep.

That night, Zhao Ling still had the dream of becoming a bird, but unfortunately, the lamb chops couldn't be brought into the dream, and the bird's claws were empty.

Zhaoling flies to Nanshan, wanders near Yueqian's home, looking for wild fruits, but he still wants to bring food to Yueqian.

While searching, he found an old mulberry tree full of fruit. The mulberry tree was very tall with lush branches and leaves. Zhaoling flapped his wings happily and walked through the branches. Then use the beak to break it hard.

Holding the heavy mulberry branch in her mouth, Zhao Ling flew low in the air.

Flying with food, Zhaoling gradually felt tired and stopped to rest halfway. He landed on a tree, not realizing that it was the sycamore tree that was attacked last time.

Hearing the hissing sound coming from behind, Zhao Ling jumped up from the sycamore branch in fright, and flew into the air in panic, still holding the mulberry branch tightly in her mouth.

Not so scared that even the food was dropped.

Hanging high in the air, far away from the familiar and dangerous plane tree, Zhao Ling glared down at the green snake hanging from the branch.

It is not difficult to recognize that it is the bad snake that bit him last time, because that bad snake has a pair of golden pupils and a row of wild boar-like manes on its back.

With a mulberry branch hanging in his mouth, it is not suitable for fighting, and Zhaoling knows that he can't beat this vicious snake.Without staying longer, Zhaoling flew away wittily.

The shadow of the bird flapping its wings fluctuates up and down, so hard, but it is still reluctant to discard the food it carries.

The golden-eyed green snake looked at the flying phoenix, and lay lazily on a branch. At night, it ran into a phoenix that came to play near the house.

Zhaoling was so exhausted that she finally flew into Yueqian's house and landed on Yueqian's bed.The small hut was still full of the smell of medicine, but fortunately the uncomfortable smell of blood had faded a lot. Zhao Ling jumped onto Yue Qian's arm, bounced to his gently undulating chest, brought the bird's head close to the opponent's face, and saw the person in deep sleep.

Yue Qian was sleeping peacefully, his brows were not furrowed like last time, and the wound on his body was still covered with herbs.His family was so poor that he didn't have cloth strips, so he used grass leaves and straw rope to bandage the wound.

Putting the mulberry branch next to Yueqian's pillow, Zhaoling wiped the bird's beak with a feather, and his mouth was numb with something he had been holding for a long time.Zhaoling didn't cry, she didn't intend to wake people up, but fell asleep with Yueqian's arms next to the pillow.

Tired and weary, Zhaoling fell asleep quickly.

In fact, Yueqian woke up a long time ago. When he turned into a green snake, he saw Fengniao and knew that he should come to him.

Feeling the bird in his arms falling asleep, Yue Qian opened his eyes, put his arms in his arms, lowered his head and gently rubbed the bird's feathers with his chin.

This is a phoenix bird with human nature, it is said to be a bird, its behavior is very similar to that of a human being, and it knows that it has been saved by itself.This bird can know the way, can recognize people, and will fly to him at night to play.

Just can't speak human words.

The little chubby bird buried its head in its feathers. The feathers were fluffy like a ball, and only the colorful crest on the top of its head was exposed.

Yue Qian raised his hand, put it on Fengniao's body, and stroked the bird's feathers. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of something beside the pillow. When he took it over, it turned out to be a small mulberry branch full of mulberries.

It turned out that the fat bird flew so hard with food in order to give him mulberries.

Yue Qian picked a mulberry from the mulberry branch, put it in his mouth and chewed it, it was sweet and delicious.

Without wasting a single mulberry, Yue Qian ate up all the mulberries on the branches, leaving only the branches.

The small mulberry branch was stripped of mulberries, with only two green leaves on it, lying naked by the pillow, not far from it, was a phoenix sleeping peacefully in its arms, and Yue Qian who was about to fall asleep with his eyes closed.

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After two days of bed rest, the whip wounds on Yue Qian's body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. He had a physique that was different from ordinary people.

Chang's father changed Yue Qian's medicine twice, but he couldn't use it anymore. He was beaten to pieces two days ago, and the wound had scabbed over two days later.

The summer is so hot, the hygienic conditions are poor, and the herbs used are very common. They just grow by the river, and you can pick a lot of them.If it were someone else, there would be several bloody cuts in a healthy body, which would always bleed for several days, and then slowly heal.

Chang's father helped Yue Qian remove the grass leaves and ropes that bandaged his injured arm, and while he was busy, he babbled: "I have heard people say that when you were just born, the king dedicated you to King Qing. Is there such a thing?"

The blades of grass and ropes binding the left arm have been removed, and the herbs pasted on the arm have also been removed.

Yue Qian raised his left arm, looked at the scar left on his arm, and said in a calm voice, "When I was under the full moon, I was placed next to the stone statue of King Qing and spent the night with the snakes raised in the temple. something?"

Young children have no ability to resist, and the snakes raised in the temple are all big snakes. Under such circumstances, it is a miracle that they can survive.

"It seems so." Father Chang nodded, and asked again: "You are so young, how can your mother bear it?"

Yue Qian replied: "My father told me to do this, so she had to do it."

He is a concubine, and his mother is not the main wife. Even if his mother objects, it is useless.

Talking about the two deceased people, there is no sentimentality or resentment in Yue Qian's tone.He is young, has suffered great changes, has experienced life and death, and never feels sorry for himself.

After finishing his work, Chang's father sat by the fire pit rubbing the herbal medicine on his fingers, and murmured: "Your boy seems to have obtained the supernatural power of the Qing King. His skin is rough and his flesh is thick, and his life is tougher than anyone else."

Back then, Yin (Prime Minister) of Rong State led an army to attack Yunyue, Rong soldiers invaded Yunshui City, and took all the captured Yunyue royal family and officials to the altar for sacrifice, killing dozens of people in a row, the scene was bloody and terrifying.As far as Yueqian was concerned, it happened that the ruler of Rong Kingdom sent an order ordering Yin to stop such crazy behavior.

Father Chang saw Yue Qian under the blood-stained altar. At that time, Yue Qian had no expression on his face. He didn't know whether he was frightened or numb.

Father Chang was a captured official of Yunyue Kingdom, so he was among the prisoners waiting to be killed, and together with Yue Qian, was pardoned by the ruler of Rong Kingdom for the death penalty.

The two who escaped were later put on a ship together and transported to Rong Kingdom, where they became slaves in the Rong King Garden together.

The fire in the fire pond was about to go out, the room was dark, Chang's father didn't hear Yue Qian's words, looked up, and saw Yue Qian grabbed a handful of wild fruits from the straw basket and put them beside his pillow. Chang's father was not the first to do such a thing See you once.

Father Chang said: "Put it next to the pillow and don't eat it. If you wake up tomorrow morning, it will be crushed again."

Food is precious, even a few picked wild apricots and mulberries, Father Chang is not willing to waste it.

Yue Qian didn't listen to the persuasion, and still put the wild fruit beside his pillow, he did this to reward the guests at night.

The phoenix bird has not been seen for several days, and I don't know when it will come again.

After a tiring day, Father Chang lay down in the corner and fell asleep, and Yue Qian lay down on the soil bed, looking at the window, the fire in the hearth was extinguished, and he waited in the dark.

The summer sun is scorching hot, Yue Qian's upper body is bare, and a rag is wrapped around his lower body to cover the front and back, like a shy knee cover, and his legs are bare.

Yue Qian looks like this, bending down to pull weeds by the water and reclaim the fields.

There are several long strips of scars on the outstretched arms, which are shocking. The more you dive, you don't pay attention to them. In the future, the scars will gradually fade until they disappear. He has experience.

Behind Yue Qian, Chang's father was walking on his knees with a wooden raft in his hand, digging the soil with great difficulty.

The land beside the water is fertile, but there are many roots and shoots of weeds, so it is not easy to open up wasteland.

All the slaves living on the north bank of the Weishui are working by the water today. They are allowed to cultivate a small field and grow rice.

The person who gave this order was the Crown Prince of Rongguo.

Prince Rongguo is definitely not sympathetic to the slaves in the garden, but just treats them as property to reduce the death of slaves and property losses.

After all, if all the slaves who fished for the royal palace were dead, it would be a waste of time to go to Yunshui City to transfer a group of captives from Yunyue Kingdom to Yuanyuan to supplement them, not to mention the long distance.

This season is suitable for planting rice, so we must hurry up, and we will miss the farming season in a few days, and the slaves are desperately opening up wasteland.A small piece of land is their hope of storing grain for the winter, and it is also their hope of survival.

Last year's winter was full of hunger and cold, and I almost couldn't survive. The winter of the year before last was also the same. I remember it even when I dived.

They lived a humble life, not even as good as a dog or a horse in the nearby barracks.Dogs still have food to eat, and horses can still wear thick blankets to keep out the cold in snowy days.

"Father Chang, I have some beans here."

Hearing voices coming from behind him, Yue Qian turned his head and saw Jiang Jie handing Father Chang a handful of soybeans.

Jiang Jie was tortured when he was young, and the palm of his left hand was cut off neatly. He was a Rongren, who became a slave because he violated the law.Jiang Jie and his old wife live together in the garden, where they hunt birds for the monarch.

Father Chang quickly accepted it, and asked in a low voice, "Old Jiang, where did you get the soybeans?"

When the two talked, they both spoke Rongyu. Father Chang was an official before and could speak Rongyu.

"I'm not going to catch birds for the monarch. I secretly save the grains for bait on weekdays. You plant them in the weeds and pretend to be wild beans. Don't let the soldiers find them." Jiang Jie whispered.

"Okay, I have to thank you so much." Father Chang lowered his voice.

Jiang Jie waved his left hand, indicating that he didn't need it. He lacked the palm of his left hand, and waved his hand like a wooden stick.

While the two were talking, Yue Qian walked over, Jiang Jie saw that he was naked, with only a rag around his waist, like a poor family with his naked body covering his knees, he was really poor.

The marks of whipping on Yue Qian's arms and back are clearly visible. This is the scar left after healed, not as terrifying as when he was whipped just now. !"

Father Chang sighed helplessly, naturally his heart ached.

As the person involved, Yue Qian was very calm and didn't say anything.

Seeing Yueqian's calm look, Jiang Jie felt incredible. He had just been whipped and had no regrets at all. Jiang Jie asked, "Ah Qian, do you still dare to set traps in the woods to catch snakes and rats?"

Yue Qian raised his face and replied, "I still dare."

He will not sit still and guard the animals in the mountains and forests to starve to death.Anyway, he is dead, at least eat a full meal before he dies.

"It's a snake species! It's brave enough!" Jiang Jie patted Yue Qian's shoulder fiercely, very optimistic about this kid.

Those obedient and cowardly slaves in the garden dared not do anything, and basically couldn't survive the winter, and died early.

After Jiang Jie left, Yue Qian and Chang Fu continued to plow the fields. Before the sun went down, they had to plow the fields well, but they must not miss the farming time.

At dusk, a small square field was finally reclaimed. An old man and a young man sat and rested by the ridge of the field, Yueqian asked Chang's father, "How will we cultivate it next?"

Yueqian had never done farm work before, and he had never even seen others doing farm work.

Father Chang said: "The rice seeds should be soaked first, and then planted after they germinate."

Yue Qian asked, "What happens after the seeds are planted?"

"After sowing, we have to transplant the seedlings after the seedlings have sprouted." Chang Fu lay wearily on the ground with a handful of mud-stained wooden poles in his hand, and he said slowly: "I have never been a farmer before. Let others farm."

Yue Qian crushed an ant that climbed up his thigh to death, looked at the two legs that were naked and exposed, calmly raised his head, and looked at the glistening river surface not far away.