History of Yongwu

In the back garden of Marquis Wuyuan's mansion, further down, there is a peach tree. The peaches are big and round, juicy and sweet, and are very popular among children.

Three or five children gathered under the tree, and the older ones were climbing up the tree with a ladder. Under the tree, there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with his hands behind his back, looking at that side indifferently with his lips pursed.

"Brother, this is the biggest." The younger child came over with a peach in his hand.

"It's worth calling me just for this." The boy reprimanded him and said, "Hold it, and send it to mother later."

"Yes" the courteous child's face froze, and he stood aside resentfully.

In the corner, an eight or nine-year-old child was hiding behind a rockery, wearing a gray cloth robe, his face was pitch-black, his eyes were staring at the peaches on the tree, licking his lips, and looking at the two leading children, he frowned, Turned around and left.

After passing through several paths, he came to a house door, lying on the door "Sister Ruan"

"Xiaotang" The girl's crisp voice came from behind, Du Xuetang turned around, and smiled showing a circle of small white teeth.

"Where did you get this?" Ruan Yue walked up to him, touched his face and said, "Why is it so dirty?"

Hehe... Du Xuetang smiled and was dragged by her to the side of the water basin. Ruan Yue was the washing maid of the Hou Mansion, who washed clothes for the wives and young masters. She just turned 16 this year, and she was the only person in the mansion who treated him well.

While helping him wash his face, Ruan Yue said, "I'm asking you, where did you get it?"

"Well... Du Wenle ordered me to dig the soil, saying that he wanted to plant flowers for his wife." Du Xuetang tugged at his sleeves, looked at his dark hands and said, "Later he took the shovel away and asked me to dig with my hands."

"He's used to bullying people." Ruan Yue frowned, and said to him, "I told you to walk around him, and remember to call Second Young Master outside, otherwise you will get into trouble again."

"Well, I remember." Du Xuetang obediently agreed, but he didn't think so in his heart, Du Wenle always deliberately made trouble for him, and there was no way to avoid it.

Ruan Yue looked at him, and also understood Du Wenle's virtue, and said softly, "Anyway, you should hide from him, so that he can always find you."

Du Wenle was born by his wife as a dowry to a girl, but he died after giving birth. I don't know if it was a dystocia or some tricks used by his wife. In short, Du Wenle was raised by his wife. Own 'outgoing' identity.

Du Xuetang nodded, his clean face was white and smooth, his eyebrows were especially beautiful, his eyes were bright and moist, very attractive, different from the two young masters of the Hou Mansion at all.

"Sister Ruan" He grabbed Ruan Yue's cuff and said, "I found something good, I'll bring it to you tonight"

"What are you going to do, I tell you, don't fool around, be careful of getting beaten"

"Don't worry, I am..."

"Ruan Yue" came the steward's voice from outside the courtyard and said, "Madam's silk clothes have arrived, wash them quickly, and Madam will wear them when she goes out tomorrow."

"Come here" Ruan Yue agreed, and said to him, "I left a piece of chestnut cake for you in my room, remember not to fool around"

Ruan Yue ordered, and left quickly, Du Xuetang smiled, ran into the house, found the piece of chestnut cake in the box where Ruan Yue often put things, he picked it up and took a bite.

"Yo... isn't this the young master?" A yin and yang voice came.

Du Xuetang's smile dissipated, he looked at the woman over there with a cold face, got up and left without saying a word.

"Hey, the little bastard really thinks of himself as a character." The woman stopped him and asked, "Where is Ruan Yue?"

"let me go"

"Say, otherwise I will send you to the second young master to teach you the rules"

The woman is a girl in Du Wentao's yard. Du Xuetang is not afraid of her, but he is afraid that Du Wentao will take aim at Ruan Yue and shake off her arm and say, "Sister Ruan was called away by the steward."

"Sister Ruan? A servant can't afford to call you an elder sister." The woman sneered, turned and left.

Du Xuetang adjusted his clothes, his expression didn't change much, everyone in this mansion except Sister Ruan, everyone had this kind of virtue, from the time he could remember, no one except Sister Ruan treated him well.

When he was five years old, Du Wenle teased him and gave him a bowl of something. He almost died. Fortunately, sister Ruan found out and took him to see a doctor. No one cared about him, Du Xuetang was used to it.

Pushing open the door, there was only one bed in Du Xuetang's room, and the people in the Hou Mansion gave him nothing but this place to stay. Most of his clothes were made by Sister Ruan elsewhere. fit.

This is neither the place where the master lives, nor the place where the servants live. It is like an isolated island isolated in the Hou's mansion. There are many mosquitoes and cicadas in summer, but it can't cover the bone-chilling wind in winter.

Gently dusting the bed, Du Xuetang lay down, wanting to sleep for a while, but was so noisy by the chirping of cicadas that he could only look at the top of his head, quietly waiting for the dark.

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"What are you writing about!" Mrs. Du slapped the article on the table, pointed to Du Wenle and said, "Such an article, you are ashamed to show it to Mr."

"My child knows I'm wrong, I will practice more." Du Wenle stood there with an embarrassed expression, while Du Wentao sat aside, gave him a sideways glance, and didn't bother to pay attention.

"Practice? I see how you practice, and you have the same kind of virtue." Mrs. Du sneered and said, "Sure enough, it's something for the next life. It's the same as the one in the back garden. It's not worth teaching."

Du Wenle's face froze, and he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "The child made a mistake, mother, don't be angry, the child must change."

"Go away, I'm upset just seeing you." Madam Du reprimanded and waved her hands impatiently.

Du Wenle hurriedly got up and retreated. Outside the door, Mrs. Du's voice came again, this time gentle and kind, not to him.

"Tao'er, it's hot in school, remember to ask them to fan you in class these few days"

"Mom, I know"

"Look at you like that, isn't mother worried about you?"

Du Wenle clenched his fists, with a gloomy look on his youthful face, he led the servant to the back garden resentfully.The servant followed behind him, seeing his unkind expression, rolled his eyes forward.

"Second Young Master, why don't we tease that little bastard again?"

"Humph" Du Wenle stopped, and said coldly, "Comparing me to that little bastard, what is he?"

"Hey, young master." The boy suddenly pointed to one side and said, "Look, that seems to be him."

Really, Du Wenle watched for a while, what was the little bastard going to do sneakily, he sneered, and quietly followed behind with his servant.

Under the peach tree in the daytime, Du Xuetang's slender body held up the branches and jumped to touch the peaches on the tree, but he was too small, so he jumped for a long time without touching any peaches.

After taking a breath, he held up the branch again, and slammed on the trunk for a while, his shoulders were sore, but it still didn't fall.

Du Wenle sneered as he stood behind the rockery, and the servant stepped forward, "Master, I'll teach him a lesson."

"Wait" Du Wenle stopped him and said in a low voice, "They didn't pick it up, what are you teaching me, wait a minute"

Du Xuetang stood under the tree and rested for a while, carefully looked around, then raised the branches, and persistently knocked on the branches with peaches.

Boom!When one fell, he quickly threw the branch and ran over, "Well...something is broken." Du Xuetang was a little disappointed, but it was better than nothing, he put it in his arms, and was about to leave.

"Stop." Du Wenle came out, "Where are you going, little bastard?"

Du Wenle!Du Xuetang's expression changed, he didn't make a sound, he turned around and looked at him motionless, it was his bad luck to bump into Du Wenle.

Oh, Du Wenle sneered, he hated the unyielding look of the little bastard the most, as if he was more noble than anyone else, he walked slowly to him, and took out the peach from his arms.

"Give it to me" Du Xuetang stretched out his hand to grab it.

"Don't you dare?" The servant held him down and pushed him out fiercely, "Bah, you little bastard"

Du Xuetang fell to the ground, his arm was skinned, lying on the ground, staring at Du Wenle with his small eyes, "What do you want?"

"Want?" Du Wenle smiled jokingly, and said to him, "Get down on the ground, let me ride a horse if you are satisfied, and I will give it to you"

Du Xuetang remained silent and did not answer, gritted his teeth and stared at the ground, thinking of Sister Ruan's smiling face, his expression changed, he did not make a sound, slowly lowered his body, pursed his lips and did not speak.

Haha... Du Wen smiled triumphantly, handed the peach to the boy, and took two steps forward to sit heavily on Du Xuetang.

Du Wenle was a few years older than Du Xuetang, tall and tall, Du Xuetang's small face was flushed, and he circled around the peach tree, the servant handed Du Wenle a wicker courteously, Du Wenle took it in his hand, and slapped it on Du Xuetang's back , The hand strength is not like a teenager at all.

His palms were torn and his knees were bleeding. Du Xuetang gritted his teeth and persisted. After half an hour, Du Wenle was finally satisfied and stood up.

"Little bastard, here you are"

Du Wenle threw it, and Taozi rolled out. Du Xuetang immediately went after her without thinking about anything else, but his knee gave way and fell to the ground again. Du Wenle laughed again when he saw it.

"What are you laughing at?" Du Wenle froze, looking aside, Du Wentao walked slowly with his hands behind his back, "Brother, why are you here?" He hurried forward.

"Mother said the peaches are pretty good, I'll pick some more," Du Wentao said lightly.

"Mother wants to eat, tell me to do it, and please trouble brother." Du Wenle said and waved to the servant, "Changshun fetch the ladder."

Du Xuetang ignored that side, lying there for a while, stood up and continued to pick peaches.

"What's going on?" Du Wentao stopped Du Wenle and asked, "What are you doing?"

"The little bastard came to pick peaches, I'll tease him"

Du Wentao frowned, didn't like Du Wenle's address, walked up to Du Xuetang, stopped his way and asked, "You come to pick peaches"

"That's right," Du Xuetang replied.

Du Wentao moved his fingers, and the servant who followed immediately brought the ugly peach in front of him. Du Wentao took it and held it up to his eyes to have a look.

"broken"

"Yes." Du Wenle stood beside him, "so I rewarded him."

"Him?" Du Wentao glanced at Du Xuetang with extreme indifference in his eyes, "It's really broken, but it's not worthy for you to eat." He threw the peach under his feet and crushed it.

"You!" Du Xuetang's expression became ruthless, and he rushed forward.

Du Wentao retreated in a hurry, his clothes were pulled, and his expression suddenly changed, "You dare to touch me!"

Dong... Du Wenle punched Du Xuetang in the face, and Du Xuetang fell down, hitting his forehead on the ground.

"Hit!" Du Wentao looked at him coldly.

Du Wentao is different from Du Wenle, he disdains to bully Du Xuetang, he looks down on them, including Du Wenle, and feels that bullying Du Xuetang is demeaning.In his heart, Du Xuetang is a slave, even worse than the servants around him, Du Wenle is better, so he doesn't want this peach, and the slave should not take it casually.

Du Xuetang was caught in fists and feet, curled up, trying to protect his head, Du Wenle saw it, kicked his arm away, stomped his feet hard, stepped on Du Xuetang's fingers on the sole of his shoe.

"Ah..." Du Xuetang finally cried out in pain.

"Hmph, it's all right." Du Wentao straightened his cuffs, squinted at the person who fell on the ground and couldn't get up, and said, "Take him back, bad luck."

"Yes"

Du Wenle looked at Du Wentao, but didn't bother to pay attention to Du Xuetang, and ordered the servant to carry him back.

In the hut, the cicadas were chirping and making noise, Du Xuetang was lying there and patting gently, in fact, the injury on his body was not bad, he was used to the pain, but the throbbing pain on his right ring finger made him unbearable.

After an unknown period of time, he was in a daze, as if he had fallen asleep, and he could hear cicadas singing again. The pain in his right hand seemed to intensify, and even the entire palm hurt.

Squeak, the small wooden door was pushed open, and a figure walked into the door, a slender and beautiful "small hall"

"Sister Ruan" Du Xuetang called out in a low voice.

Ruan Yue walked quickly to his bed, looked at his appearance, and said angrily and distressedly, "I told you not to let you intrude, but you didn't listen, you..."

"Sister Ruan" Du Xuetang stopped her, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "I want to pick a peach for you" Sister Ruan liked peaches very much, and he wanted to pick one for her to eat.

The corners of Ruan Yue's eyes were bright, and she stroked his hair, "What a good thing, I don't want it!"

"Sister Ruan, my hand hurts"

Ruan Yue then looked at his hand. There was no light in Du Xuetang's room, and he looked at it for a long time under the thin moonlight, only to find that the fingers were somewhat twisted abnormally.

"You...why didn't you say it earlier?" Ruan Yue was about to carry him, but Du Xuetang pushed her and said, "Sister Ruan is not allowed to leave the house when it's dark, tomorrow."

"But···"

"Tomorrow." Du Xuetang stopped her. The last time Ruan Yue rushed out of the house to find a doctor to save herself, she was beaten severely when she came back, and she smiled. Du Xuetang lay there and said, "Sister Ruan, you haven't finished the story last time." , tell me more about it."

"Last time, we talked about the meeting between Emperor □□ and General He..."

Ruan Yue squatted beside his bed, and whispered to him the story of xx and General He. Du Xuetang's mouth twitched when he heard it. He liked this story, but he didn't believe such a story in his heart.

"Sister Ruan..." He suddenly interrupted her gentle voice, looked at the top of her head and asked, "Why am I alive?"

Ruan Yue felt a sharp pain in her heart, and stepped forward to hug him. When she saw Du Xuetang for the first time, he was only five years old, but the Hou Mansion treated a young child not at all kindly. I don't remember giving it regularly, he discovered him when Du Xuetang was stealing food.

She served him a bowl of porridge, and Du Xuetang drank from the bottom of the bowl. After washing Du Xuetang's face, she realized how cute and good-looking this child is, why the people in the Hou's mansion wanted to be so cruel.

Later, Ruan Yue heard about Du Xuetang's life experience, and understood that the attitude of the people in the house was all because of the madam's disgust and the Hou Ye's indifference. She couldn't change anything, but she always saw such a lovely child suffer a catastrophe.

"Xiaotang" Ruan Yue let go of him, gently held his other hand and said, "You have to work hard to live, and only by living can you have hope."

Du Xuetang was silent and didn't say anything, he didn't believe this sentence either, year after year in the Hou Mansion, there was no hope at all.

The author has something to say:

This is an extra chapter belonging to Mr. Du, and after these three articles is the Wangfu chapter, but because the Wangfu chapter overlaps with the previous article, it is impossible to delete it completely, so I decided to edit it all at once tomorrow, and then post it in one go. Of course it's still eight o'clock, after all the formation can't be chaotic