beg for chivalry

Wang Xiaoyuan sat blankly on the porch.

The clouds are dense, the sky is sad and the earth is miserable, and the dark wind blows in gusts, making a weeping sound as it passes over the tile eaves and window drawers.

He was in a trance, and sometimes he couldn't help thinking of that day not long ago, when he and Jinwu saw the woman lying on the ground in the forest where the yellow grass was swaying.If he stepped on her hands and feet at that time and did not make a sound, and hurriedly dragged Jinwu away, wouldn't things like being chased by evil spirits like this happen now?He regretted it deeply. He should have tried his best to strangle the woman to death in the ground.

When there was a gust of wind, the iron horses under the eaves would clank and clank, which made Wang Xiaoyuan feel flustered.He listened to the sound for a while, but heard a muffled sound amidst the crisp crash of the iron plates.His heart was suddenly tightened, he stood up abruptly, stretched his feet, and ran to the room.

Wang Xiaoyuan has been in the mountains for a long time, and he has always been alert.He ran following the muffled sound, but saw a gloomy scene in front of the next room, as if dark clouds had descended from the sky, covering the door.

But that is not a cloud, but the shadow of a person.

The little servant walked over slowly, his steps slow and weak.He walked to the next room, looked up desperately, his throat seemed to be pinched for a moment, and he could only make a shrill scream.A Pan and Aunt Yue were hung under the eaves.Thin silkworm threads wound around their heads and necks, making their faces swell and blue.

The iron martin jingled, and the two corpses swayed fragilely in the autumn wind.It should be two heavy bodies, but they look extraordinarily light and flimsy.The toes of Aunt Yue's embroidered shoes were dripping with blood beads, and blood lines curved like snakes spread all over their bodies.

Wang Xiaoyuan stared at the two corpses in silence, for a long time, he turned around like crazy, and ran into the main room.While running, he opened his voice and screamed loudly:

"Come here! Is there anyone—someone has been killed!"

He was sweating profusely and broke into the hall in a daze, only to see a table of breakfast set up in the hall.It was dark this morning, but the house was brightly lit and the fire was warm.I saw Jin Wu sitting behind the table, concentrating on stuffing something into his mouth.On the table were rice noodles, steamed buns and a plate of sauced pork balls. The servants he knew didn't hesitate, and after washing their hands, they sat at the table with Young Master Jin carelessly.

And Apan and Aunt Yue who he had just seen, who were supposed to be hanging under the eaves, were sitting beside Jinwu, talking and laughing, their faces full of smiles.

Wang Xiaoyuan was stunned.

Jin Wu was eating his mouth full of scum, when he looked up and saw him breaking into the main room, he said dissatisfiedly:

"Hey, Wang Xiaoyuan, where have you been? I didn't see you when I got up early in the morning, so I came to have breakfast first. If you come late next time, you won't even have your share left!"

Aunt Yue also saw him, smiled and waved. "Come on, Xiao Yuan. The two masters have gone out today. Before leaving, they said that the mansion is closed to thank guests recently, and we servants who do rough work can also eat in the main room." He picked up the porcelain bowl containing camellia oleifera and placed it on the seat in front of him, "Last time when we went to the fair, we Apan went to buy some yellow peanuts, you can try it too."

There was laughter and joy in the main room, but Wang Xiaoyuan felt something was wrong.His face was already pale, and he hesitated to ask Apan and Aunt Yue, "Are... are you... still alive?"

These words were so weird that Aunt Yue gave him an annoyed look: "Hey, look at what kind of bad words you said! Aren't we standing here in good order?"

"But...but I saw you..." Wang Xiaoyuan stammered, "...you are hanging in the servant's room..."

Jin Wu had stuffed several steamed buns in his mouth, and it took extra effort to move his cheeks.He gave Wang Xiaoyuan a blank look, turned his head and said to Aunt Yue: "Auntie, don't listen to his nonsense. This kid is a liar, he must have fallen asleep last night, so he babbled nonsense."

"I'm not lying!" Wang Xiaoyuan yelled loudly, "I clearly saw that there were two corpses hanging in front of the door of the next room!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color.Jin Wu was also stunned, and the half-bitten meat bun fell out of his mouth.

Taking the opportunity, Wang Xiaoyuan ran up and tugged at his sleeve, begrudgingly telling him to stand up and go out with him, "Master, let's go and have a look. You can see if what I said is true or not!"

Seeing Wang Xiaoyuan's pale face and frightened look, Jinwu couldn't help hesitating a bit, and after hesitating for a while, he also stood up with him, and then winked to the side, asking Apan to find some more guards.

Everyone was apprehensive, and a group of people hurried to the next room.Everyone looked dignified, but they couldn't help but stopped in front of the door.At this time, everyone looked up and saw an empty area in front of the door. The lacquered wooden door was closed tightly. Where is the shadow of the corpse?

The servants looked around and saw nowhere the miserable scene that Wang Xiaoyuan was talking about, so they couldn't help turning their suspicious eyes to the trembling young servant, frowned and asked, "Hey, Wang Xiaoyuan, what did you say?" Where is the dead...?"

Wang Xiaoyuan's mind was in a state of shock, he could see clearly just now, there were obviously two dead people hanging there, but it only took a while, why did they disappear?Everyone stared at him suspiciously, and he couldn't help feeling timid, wondering if he was really dreaming just now, and fell asleep like Jin Wu said?

He lay down on the ground and brushed the dust, but there was no trace of blood.

Everything before seemed to have vanished, leaving no trace.

The servants searched around, but still found nothing, some people left unhappily, and taunted Wang Xiaoyuan for a while, and the rest of them scattered like birds and beasts, and after a while, they became desolate again before leaving the room.

Wang Xiaoyuan stood in the same place blankly, when he raised his head, he realized that the Golden Crow hadn't left yet, so he said with a bitter face:

"Young Master...I didn't tell a lie...I really saw it just now!"

Jin Wu clasped his hands, and said angrily: "It's all because you have done enough bad things in your daily life, no one would believe your words. If someone died in this courtyard, why didn't the guards chosen by daddy find out about it? What's more, you said you were dead A Pan and Aunt Yue are here, aren't they just perfect? ​​Fang Gang is having breakfast with me, and he hasn't even moved a single step!"

"Don't you believe me, young master?" Wang Xiaoyuan asked aggrievedly.

"Hmph, the time to believe in you hasn't come yet." Jin Wu put his hands behind his back, turned around and walked slowly. "Let's go, Wang Xiaoyuan. Don't be suspicious, go to bed early tonight."

Wang Xiaoyuan saw his back gradually drifting away, and felt a sense of embarrassment in his heart.He wiped his eyes, gritted his teeth suddenly, and ran into the backyard.He found a bamboo ladder from the front of the hall, moved it to the front of the servant's room, dragged and stood it under the eaves, and climbed up with hands and feet.

He climbed up the gray tile eaves and looked around the courtyard. The autumn leaves were falling everywhere, but there was no sign of the corpse.Bell Duo bumped noisily in the wind, so he was upset, and reached out to catch the rattling iron horse under the eaves.

Amid the sound of jingling, he raised his palm and stared blankly at the little Fengduo lying in his palm, only to see a blackened stain on the edge of Fengduo.

That's - blood.

There was indeed a dead body hanging here!

Wang Xiaoyuan felt as if a thunderbolt had been struck in his heart, he leaned down and carefully inspected the gray tile eaves, only to see traces of thin ropes dragging.He anxiously climbed down the bamboo ladder again, turned around and wanted to run into the main room, telling Jinwu what he saw just now was true, but after running a few steps, he stopped again.

"No, if they find the young master, they may still not believe it... Maybe... Dad will have a solution." Wang Xiaoyuan murmured in a daze.The tall and strong figure of Mrs. Wang emerged in his heart. In the past days, he has been following that solid figure, from a toddler until now.Although the man seemed to be wandering and lazy all day long, he was his only backer under the storm.

He thought of Mrs. Wang, and couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his anxious heart.So Wang Xiaoyuan ran to the side of the cage, where he kept the Ling pigeon that flew back. He wanted to release the Ling pigeon and ask for help from Mrs. Wang and Qian Xian'er who were far away in Erengou.

There are many chicken roosts made of bamboo strips in the field to the west. There is no pigeon house in the mansion, so Wang Xiaoyuan keeps the pigeons in chicken coops.At this moment, he ran over, only to feel that there was a dead silence in the cage, and the cooing chickens in the past had no movement. He looked down and saw a field of yellow chicken feathers.

An unreasonable fear swept through the atrium, Wang Xiaoyuan slowly squatted down, and opened the chick perch on Lingge.

Inside the bamboo cage, the pigeon was disemboweled, its body and head were separated, and it was strung bloody on the planks.

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Jin Wu followed the servants into the main room leisurely, and the breakfast on the table was not used up yet.He had eaten three or four steamed buns, a bowl of camellia oleifera, salty porridge, and a plate of sauced meatballs that he hadn't touched.The servants sat down in twos and threes, and he also climbed into the armchair and leaned back, his eyes fixed on the food, motionless.

A Pan and Aunt Yue also sat down, chatting and laughing, carrying vegetables with chopsticks, chatting with others.Sometimes it is talking about the market price, and sometimes it is talking about the experience in the nursing home.Jin Wu listened to their chat, and after a while, he suddenly opened his mouth and said:

"When are you... going to take me away?"

This sentence is loud and clear.For a moment, the noisy main room fell into a deathly silence, and the desolate autumn wind seemed to rush in from the gap in the door, blowing the hearts thoroughly.

After a long silence, Ah Pan spoke.

"Master... what are you talking about?" Apan turned pale, but forced a smile and said, "Why can't I understand?"

Jin Wu raised his head, his blue eyes were bright and cold, he slowly glanced at the servants in the room, and said coldly.

"Uncle Zhao, the concierge, your frame is about two inches wider; Uncle Li, the caretaker, has a wrong bag style, and a string pattern is missing on the lower abdomen of the fish pattern; A Pan, half of your canine tooth is missing. It was knocked off; the peony on Aunt Yue's flowered shoes has an extra petal embroidered."

Everyone could not help but tremble.They looked at the young master sitting on the armchair with shocking eyes, just like looking at a monster.The feeling of shock quickly turned into a cold killing intent, and for a while, they no longer looked like servants with low brows in the mansion, but like ghosts who killed and killed.

"So, who are you?" Jin Wu just said coldly, "I only hate myself for remembering everything too clearly, and not being able to accompany you to play the drama of dust and wood."

The servants looked at each other, and suddenly smiled softly.Laughing low and round, they are like a group of raging hungry beasts.

Before he knew it, the people in front of him seemed to have changed their appearances, and Jin Wu could see the profound indifference from their smiling faces.Their eyes are as solid as ice, their faces are dull and pale, and their facial features seem to be carved out of a mold.Someone reached out and tore off the silkworm mask and plaster that stuck to their faces, and the Golden Crow saw their faces.

All are exactly the same.

Moreover, their faces are extremely similar to themselves.Jin Wu couldn't help trembling with fear, for a moment he seemed to have hallucinations, as if he was born among those people, and he and them were blood, relatives, and brothers.

But they looked at him with a very alienated expression, as if they had nothing to do with each other.

In the cold like frost and snow, a woman's voice came faintly:

"No, you don't remember at all."

Jin Wu turned his head to look, and saw Aunt Yue smiling at him.But that person was not Aunt Yue, a snow-white catkin tore off his face like a veil, so he could see the face under it clearly.A pair of dark and dull eyes, smeared with blood-red blush, that face is soft and sharp, with a shocking beauty.

It was the woman in black that he and Wang Xiaoyuan found in the forest outside the city.A few days ago, she was lying on the bed in their backyard room with a bloodless face, but now she was radiant, resting on her hands, and staring at herself with a smile on her face.

"...It's you." Jin Wu frowned.

The woman smiled, "My name is Zuo Buzheng. I want you to always remember this name, always, always." She bit the last few words so hard that it made people feel chills.

Jin Wu looked at her indifferently, with hostility in his eyes. "I heard from Wang Xiaoyuan that you want to take me away. It's really strange. I only know the saying 'a drop of water will be repaid by a spring'. Why does a person who has been favored by my family do everything possible to harm my family? "

Zuo Buzheng lowered his eyes, untied a string of bodhi beads from his wrist, and played with them carefully, "But you should also have read a hundred poems and books, and understand what Han Fei said, 'The tree with thorns grows and stabs people.' I am such an ungrateful villain."

"Who are these people?" Jin Wu glanced at the servants in the hall.They had stood up one by one at this time, standing stiff like wooden stakes.

The woman chuckled and said, "It's your fake."

"You call people 'fakes'?"

"What's the difference between people and things? Why is there such a clear distinction between life and death?" Zuo Buzheng sighed, "Oh, why? Obviously, in my eyes, everything doesn't matter."

Jin Wu only felt that the conversation with her was completely out of line, and it was a headache.He stared and asked angrily: "What about the rest? Those pretending to be servants of my mansion are all your subordinates, so where did the people of our mansion get?"

Zuo Buzheng said:

"died."

Although there were only two simple words, but the moment she blurted them out easily, Jin Wu felt that all three souls and seven souls had fallen into the abyss.His mind was dizzy, his mind was muddled, and suddenly he felt severe pain all over his body.The pain brought trembling, and he didn't know whether he succumbed to the pain or trembled from fear.

He looked at the left side in disbelief.Under this woman's extremely beautiful shell, is it blood or the venom of the long beetle that flows?

"Did...you kill them?"

"I killed it."

Jin Wu's voice was visibly trembling, "Why? Why... kill them?"

"Wicked people never need a reason to kill." Zuo Buzheng said with a smile, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"What did you mean by the words 'you didn't remember clearly' just now?" Jin Wu clenched his fists.An unspeakable anger burned up from the bottom of his heart, almost tearing his body apart and burning him into ashes. "I heard from Wang Xiaoyuan that you won't come until 'two days later'..."

Originally, it was absurd to reason with a villain and ask him to keep his promise, but Jin Wu couldn't help blurting it out.

Zuo Buzheng propped his cheeks, smiled and said:

"It is now two days later."

Jin Wu's eyes widened.

The woman said slowly: "Two days ago, I went to your wing late at night and sprinkled some corpse ginseng incense in the window, and you and a servant in the room fell into a deep sleep."

My heart sank suddenly, as if I had fallen into a boundless purgatory.The knuckles of Jin Wu's knuckles that were holding the corners of his clothes turned white, and the fingertips were deeply embedded in the flesh.

Zuo Buzheng opened his hand to Jinwu, with a happy smile on his face: "Go and have a look outside the door, young master of the Jin Mansion. During the two days when you were sleeping, I have already cleaned up the door of your house." .”

"As I said before," she said softly, "except for you and that little servant..."

"One, none left."

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There is not much abuse part (biting the quilt

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