The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that the eunuch Kou Agui, the confidant of Princess Lou of Princess Yan, received a letter from his brother's family, saying that his sister-in-law had given birth to a child and invited him back to have a drink.He happily packed up the presents and left.I don't want to stumble into a black shop on the road, have two cups of wine and then go dizzy and lose consciousness.When he came back to his senses, he found himself bound and lying on his back in a large carriage.The carriage is very old and has no roof.The car was covered with hay, and the smell was rancid.Kou Agui struggled to sit up, but the carriage was running fast and bumped badly, Kou Agui jerked twice as soon as he got up half of his body, and then lay down again.

After running for more than two hours, the sky was getting dark, and the carriage suddenly stopped.I heard a man say: "I don't know if you're awake." Kou Agui quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be unconscious.

With a "click", the door opened, as if someone had climbed into the car.Then I heard another man say: "I haven't woken up yet."

The previous one said: "It's best if you don't wake up, save a dinner."

Only then did Kou Agui realize that he was hungry, and hurriedly groaned twice.The latter one said: "If you have nothing to say, don't talk. You have always been crowed. Wake up."

Kou Agui pretended to be bewildered and opened his eyes, only to see a tall and strong man standing on the car with his hips akimbo looking down at him.Kou Agui weighed it briefly, even if he was not tied up, he would not be able to beat this person [-]% of the time.After a while, the man outside the car said: "Are you awake?"

The man in the car said: "Wake up." Nai bent down and grabbed Kou Agui's rope and lifted him up.

Kou Agui screamed in fright: "Who are you! What do you want to do in broad daylight!"

The man under the car said with a smile: "The sun has set! There is no such thing as broad daylight."

The man in the car strode towards the side of the carriage, the car wobbled and creaked as he stepped on it, as if it was about to fall apart.Nai jumped out of the car with a big living person in his hand.Although he was fine, Kou Agui was taken aback.I saw a farm in front of me, and a shovel and a hoe were thrown at the gate of the farm.Seeing that Kou Agui stood still, the man left him and walked in, saying: "If you don't want to starve to death, be honest."

Kou Agui is not one to suffer from immediate losses, so he hurriedly followed up and asked, "Who are the two heroes from? Why arrest villains?"

The one who was waiting under the car just now smiled and said, "Can't you tell? We are human teeth, we just bought you."

Kou Agui was taken aback: "Master! I am a good citizen!"

The man said leisurely: "Of course we know that you are a good citizen. These days, there are all good citizens in the Federation. God knows how many fugitive slaves there are."

Kou Agui said: "The villain is really not a fugitive slave!"

"So what if you are? So what if you are not?" the man said, "If you are sold to the Western Chu League, you will be a slave."

"Western Chu League?"

"There is no market anywhere else. Fortunately, the population there is expensive." The man sighed, "The market is getting smaller and smaller, and it is getting harder and harder to do business."

Kou Agui hurriedly said, "Master, why don't you change your career?"

The man said: "This business has less cost and more profit, and it's not so easy to do other things."

The man in front said: "What are you talking about with human sacrifices?"

"Just a few casual words."

The two of them stopped talking, led Kou Agui into a wing room, locked the door and went out.Kou Agui took a look, the walls of the wing room were empty.Talking about swords and other things that cut the rope cheaply, there is not even a table corner.

After waiting for a cup of tea, a boy of twelve or thirteen years old came in, carrying a stool in one hand and a bowl of white rice in the other.He threw the stool in front of Kou Agui. Rice was placed on the stool, and he untied the rope on Kou Agui's right hand and stood beside him with arms folded.Kou Agui was so hungry that he gobbled it up before the rice, and ate it all in the blink of an eye.Kou Agui was thinking about how to talk to the young man, but the young man had already tied his right hand back like lightning.Nai took an empty bowl and stool and left, but Kou Agui called him and he just ignored him.

After another half an hour, it was completely dark.There were footsteps outside and candles flickering.An old woman with a wrinkled face came in holding a candle, and the man who got off Kou Agui followed her.The old woman watched Kou Agui carefully for a long time, opened her mouth and checked his teeth.Even though Kou Agui has been a slave for half his life, there is still a feeling of unhappiness in his heart.The old woman nodded and said: "Success." Kou Agui felt cold - he was afraid that he would be sold.

Not long after, another man who hadn't seen before came in, pushed Kou Agui out and shut him into another carriage.The carriage started running immediately, bumping so much that Kou Agui didn't even have the energy to think about the princess, let alone his brother.

After several days of tossing like this, Kou Agui was finally sold into a pottery workshop and made pottery together with more than 40 kiln workers.When it was just delivered, someone asked Kou Agui's name, but he laughed and shouted: "Uncle Agui! There is a new Agui!" An old kiln worker smiled and waved to Kou Agui from behind a pile of pottery blanks, and looked at him. is amiable.

It was summer at this time, and the heat was unbearable, and the kiln was still open.Fortunately, the owner of the workshop is kind-hearted, has good food and clothing, and doesn't give much work.At first Kou Agui missed his original master and missed the confiscated accounts and unfinished errands, but the days gradually faded away, and he even learned the skill of making pottery.

In the blink of an eye, autumn came, and the owner of the workshop said that business was slow, and he wanted to sell some people for money.The next day, Kou Agui and five other people were dragged into the market by him and sold.At this time is the autumn harvest.Those five were tall, so they were picked away first; Kou Agui was not tall and thin, so no one bought them.It was not until the end that I met a short and fat man, who bargained with the owner for half a day and bought Kou Agui.

The new owner is not very kind.The slaves were indeed human sacrifices, driven by whips, doing farm work day and night, dozens of them lying in a room at night, the bedding was damp and dirty, and the room was full of mildew.

There was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who was stupid and stupid. Others called him a fool, and people often robbed him of food. He was as skinny as a stick.Kou Agui felt pity for the child and tried his best to take care of him.The fool knows who is good to him, so he follows Kou Agui every day.Once when Kou Agui teased him, he said stupidly: "My father will pick me up later, I just wait, and he will come after eating the steamed buns."

A person next to him smiled and said: "Your father sold you, and he still wants you! Looking for your size!" The fool cried "Wow".Everyone laughed.

Kou Agui hurriedly hugged the fool in his arms to comfort him, and said to the man, "Why bother stabbing him in the heart." It was inevitable that he felt sad.From then on, the idiot followed Kou Agui even more closely.

In late autumn, the servants changed to chopping wood and burning charcoal.This day the steward bought another servant, Kou Agui saw that it was Uncle Agui, an old acquaintance in the pottery kiln a few months ago.This Uncle Agui's name is Pan Xigui, he is kind and has excellent craftsmanship.Because Kou Agui is also called "Agui", Lao Pan felt that the two were destined to each other, so he took care of him in the pottery kiln.Similar to a fool, Pan Xigui sometimes tells Kou Agui behind his back that his daughter will come to rescue him.It's not a good feeling to meet old friends.Kou Agui sighed: "I thought I would never be sold according to my uncle's craftsmanship, but I don't want to..."

Pan Xigui worked with them that day.After finishing their evening work, the servants were driven to sleep.Pan Xigui was naturally with Kou Agui.The old man lay on his back and said, "My daughter will come to rescue me in a few days."

The fool hadn't said "my father will pick me up" for many days, but after hearing Pan Xigui's words, he said again: "My father will pick me up later! He will come after eating the steamed buns."

Someone laughed and said: "Your father sold you, he doesn't want you anymore!" Everyone laughed again.The idiot didn't cry this time, and stretched out his arms to hug Kou Agui.

Pan Xigui sat up and said, "I know why everyone is laughing. Because we are already miserable, and the days are so dark that we can't see the end. If someone is worse than us, he feels that he is not the worst, and he feels a little bit in his heart. Be more comfortable. Think about it, everyone, are we really better than this child? At least the child is counting on his father to pick him up and has something to look forward to. What hope do we have?" Everyone was silent for a moment.

Suddenly someone in the corner whispered: "One day the Federation will call, and we will stop being slaves and be good citizens!"

Immediately another person said: "Hold your voice! Don't let anyone hear you."

The man sneered and said, "Who are humans? Are we humans? Are we any different from mules pulling mills and oxen pulling plows?" Then no one said anything.

After an unknown amount of time, Pan Xigui said, "Why are we not human beings? Aren't we raised by our parents? Why should we be slaves? We don't have enough food and clothing, and we work day and night without a penny of wages. I will scold you, master, if I am sick, I have to wait for death." He paused, "My daughter will come to rescue me next spring at the latest. At that time, do you want to go together?"

Kou Agui thought everyone would laugh, but they didn't.After a while, the man who just laughed at the fool said, "Old man, what does your daughter do?"

Pan Xigui said: "My daughter fled to Zhao State. Not long ago, I asked someone to deliver a letter saying that she became the leader of the female militia. I thought that this year would be a reunion year. Who would have thought that the old master's business would not be good, He sold me before my daughter came."

Another person said: "Will your daughter redeem the old uncle's body?"

Pan Xigui said: "No. But she will lead the soldiers to snatch me out with fire and guns on her shoulders." At this time, the room couldn't see my fingers, but Kou Agui felt that Pan Xigui was smiling for no reason, the kind of confident smile when he opened the kiln.

After a while, someone said: "Old uncle, if your daughter really comes to save you, please ask old uncle to take me away with you."

Immediately, someone followed up and said: "Please, uncle, take me with you!" "Brother, bring your brother with you!"

Pan Xigui said: "Okay. If you want to leave then, let's go together!"

Suddenly a voice came out and said: "If the master finds out, what should I do?"

Pan Xigui said: "Then we have to fight out." He thought, "Actually, there are only a few guards in our Zhuangzi, and we have the upper hand in a serious fight. Let's unite as one, we don't have to wait for my daughter to come, we will fight on our own." can escape."

The man who laughed at the fool immediately said: "The mountains are high here, the forests are dense, and it's cold. I'm afraid it's hard to escape to the outside. There is no food or clothing outside."

Pan Xigui thought: "It's not difficult. I have a good memory and remember how I got here today. When we arrive in the town, let's pretend to be beggars and go to the country of Zhao. If it's cold—" he said silently for a moment, "I'm here today. The master was reading the newspaper in the market, and I glanced at it. It said that this winter will be extremely cold. Everyone burns charcoal day and night, and I can’t even make half of it. How many of us can make it through, let’s talk about it.”

In the darkness, someone got up and said: "Old man, can you do it? Can you lead us out?"

Pan Xigui said: "Everyone, don't worry. I just came here today, and I'm going to explore the situation in this village. Later, I will make a plan of action to ensure that everyone can escape alive."

"Can you really escape?"

"Yes." Pan Xigui said firmly, "My daughter's escape was planned by me."

The person who laughed at the idiot actually cried: "Thank you, uncle! The uncle is my reborn parents."

Pan Xigui said: "It's just that you can't bully this silly boy again in the future."

The man said in a crying voice: "Listen to the old man. Fool, brother will pay you."

The idiot still held Kou Agui's arm and moved a little.Although Kou Agui didn't speak, his heart was already in his throat.Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "Everyone has the same fate. In the future, this silly child hopes that everyone will take care of him."

"It's easy to say!" the man said, "Whoever dares to bully a fool from now on, I, Li Tongtou, will be the first to spare him!"

Everyone also expressed that they would take care of the fool.In the pitch-black room, Kou Agui seemed to see a fool smiling.

The next day, everyone really treated the idiot better, and that Li Tong especially took care of him; the idiot still only followed Kou Agui.Pan Xigui often looked around, and others silently helped to cover up.

During lunch, Kou Agui, Li Tongtou, and several big men gathered around Pan Xigui to quietly discuss the roads of the village, where to store the grain, etc., and suddenly heard the sneezing and coughing of several people around them.Kou Agui glanced around quietly, and sure enough, he saw the manager walking over.

The steward said with a cold face: "Don't eat if you don't want to eat! What kind of tongue is chewing."

Pan Xigui hurriedly stood up and bowed his waist and said: "Master, we are talking, this idiot is quite sensible, and he has a fate with Ah Gui. I am a good person, and I just proposed to let the idiot recognize Ah Gui as his father."

Li Tongtou hurriedly said: "That's right! Ever since Ah Gui came, the idiot has been following him day and night. Agui also takes care of the idiot everywhere. They look alike, but God made them a father and son, right?"

The steward looked at the fool and then at Kou Agui, sneered and said, "A monkey face and a horse face, how do you look like it? It doesn't matter if you recognize your father or your son, just don't delay your work."

"Yes, that's natural." Pan Xigui said, "But can you ask the master for a grace, to give you three sticks of incense?"

"Bah!" The steward spat. "Take a pee to see what you are! Two dogs want incense candles when they get married? Hurry up and get to work! The lazy bones are lazier than pigs." Nai raised his whip and slapped the ground.Everyone had to get up.

Although Pan Xigui was just prevaricating, Kou Agui's heart was already active.It's not good for me to be a eunuch, so I thought I would have to work as a handyman in Prince Yan's mansion for the rest of my life until I died.Later, the concubine valued her, she ran a business, saved a little money, and thought about adopting a relative's child.Unforeseen circumstances, such a situation in just a few months... The fool is really a good boy.While thinking, he turned his head to look at the fool.The fool is looking at him and laughing.It is indeed a monkey face, but it is very cute.