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There are twelve rooms in the West House. In addition to the main room where Xie Fanghe and his wife live, the side room on the left is occupied by Xie Ling, the son of the original hostess Xia Pan. In addition, four of the ten rooms are occupied by maids and servants, and three of them are for use.

Among the last four guest rooms for entertaining guests, one is Xie Fanghe’s study, one is a warehouse for storing trivial items, and the other is a place where Xie Ling studies. As for the last separate cabin to the north, in the eyes of outsiders

It is mysterious and unpredictable, because it is completely covered with thick curtains all year round, so that not even a ray of light can get in.

In addition to being tightly covered with curtains, there are three huge water tanks lined up at the door of the hut, which are filled with well water every day. However, this water is sometimes only enough for one day, and all of it is used inside the hut.

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It is said that someone once heard the screams of a child inside, but they stopped hearing them later. Xie Fanghe’s eldest son, Xie Ling, has never stepped outside the West Room since he was brought back six years ago, and wears the same clothes every day

His body and face were completely wrapped in thick clothes, and his behavior was very strange.

Soon after, rumors spread within the clan that Lingzhi had abused Xie Ling, the son of Xie Fanghe's ex-wife. Some influential children in the clan proposed that Xie Ling be moved out of the West Room and taken care of directly by the clan. However, Xie Fanghe objected, and in the end

Unexpectedly, Xie Fangmo praised Ganoderma lucidum for his good teaching, so the disciples who made the suggestion had no choice but to let it go. Tao Zheng directed several servants to pour buckets of black and unusually smelly viscous juice.

Enter a huge wooden barrel in the center of the house, and in the middle of the barrel, Tao is Ganoderma's personal maid. No one is allowed to approach this cabin except for her and a few servants. A famous and curious servant was messed up because of this.

He was beaten to death in the yard. From then on, he didn’t dare to go even half a step closer to the hut! Tao couldn’t help but cover his nose and said. Tao, didn’t you lie? You should know how annoying this thing is." In the barrel

The boy said. Tao thought of the misfortune of the young man in the first few times and the pain after a few drops of juice splashed on his body when he struggled. How could she not understand what he was thinking. That pain was something she had been used to since she was a child.

The pain was unbearable even for me, not to mention he was only a little over six years old at the time!

Sometimes she couldn't help but tell her wife whether it was too much, but she just shook her head and said it was for his own good. Otherwise, all the original efforts would have been in vain!

She didn't quite understand, but every time she saw the young master, Mrs. Shi's eyes were always red, and she was obviously crying secretly, so she wanted to defend the second wife. Is there anything fun outside Tao? I haven't thought about it for a long time.

I haven't been out before. This time I don't have those disgusting shackles anymore, so I can go out and get some fresh air!" The boy interrupted her, and when he raised his head, his eyes shone with light.

Mom, it would be great if you were still here! Ling'er wouldn't be bullied by others. Why do you have the heart to leave Ling'er behind?

Suddenly, his eyes became moist, and two lines of clear tears fell from his innocent cheeks.

Tao's eyes couldn't help but moisten, how old he was! Many children might still be clinging to their mothers' arms and begging for fruits at this time. But he had already endured and experienced so much suffering. Tao sighed,

Turned around and left the hut.

The boy in the barrel is naturally Xie Ling, Xia Pan's son. He is nine years old this year, and he looks more and more like Xia Pan, with perseverance and determination.

After three years of painful suffering, he finally gradually got used to the thick, dark, fishy, ​​and unusually smelly juices, and he didn't faint like in the beginning because he couldn't bear it.

However, these juices seemed to be continuously strengthening the potency. The cheeks that had just returned to normal turned purple again under the smoke of the mist, and the body underneath was like a phagocytosis of thousands of ants, with pain and cracks.

This kind of torture takes an hour. Xie Ling has been experiencing this kind of 'torture' again and again since he was six years old. After each time, the skin all over his body will form a layer of hard shackles, which is very itchy, but if you

If you scratch it to pieces, you will feel uncomfortable! The scratched area will be even more itchy, and it will not last long and cause unbearable pain. After Xie Ling experienced it a few times, he no longer dared to scratch it. If it was really itchy and uncomfortable, he would wrap his hand with a cloth.

Keep it in place to avoid uncontrollable scratching of the skin while sleeping.

But every time the hard shackles on his body fell off and soon after new skin was born, he would be forcibly pulled by his second mother and put into the vat of black and sticky juice again.

Tao came in from outside the house accompanied by a beautiful woman. She walked to the wooden barrel and said, "Ling'er, please stretch out your hand and show Er Niang, okay?"

Xie Ling ignored her, but his whole body kept shaking inside. Although the pain was unbearable, he would never show any cowardice at this moment. This was a silent resistance. The beautiful woman naturally understood and said with a wry smile: "I'd better see for myself.

It's over." After saying that, he ignored Xie Ling's resentful gaze, actually rolled up his sleeves, put a white jade-like arm into the dark brown sticky juice, and then took out a burned statue from it.

An arm that looked like a stewed prawn, she looked up and down carefully. She saw that although the skin was red like blood, it was in good condition and there was no sign of a hard shackle. She put his arm down and looked inside with some surprise.

Xie Ling said: "Okay, you don't have to do it anymore. Chun Tao, please help Linger wash her body!" After saying that, she turned around and left.

Xie Ling blinked. At that moment, he really wanted to pour the juice inside on her and let her experience the pain she had suffered over the years. But she actually put her hand directly into it and acted as if nothing had happened.

He picked up one of his arms inside, which made him immediately put out the idea, because doing so would not only make her uncomfortable, but would also provoke scolding from his father.

In the past three years, he has tried to fight and tried various ways to escape from being in the barrel, but every time he ended up in failure. In this matter, his father, who had always doted on him, had no mercy and stood completely on his side.

The boy and girl who took Er Niang's side were dressed in beautiful clothes and in a happy mood. On the top of the mountain, in the wild, and by the stream, as long as the green sky came, he would always stand here and look at the scenery outside Qiulongyuan from a distance.

In his memory, his mother once took him out of this depressing square yard and counted the stars in the sky in the wilderness. The children's songs she sang at that time still vaguely echoed in his ears.

Suddenly a group of children ran from a distance, chasing and playing with each other. The beautiful singing voices of several little girls came from a distance along with the faint fragrance of flowers. Xie Ling held on to the guardrail in front tightly. He wanted to fly over and join them.

Playing together, he wanted to fly over and sing with them. He even wanted to fly over and pick the most beautiful flowers and give them to the mother in his memory! But all of this could only be a fantasy because Er Niang did not allow him to leave Qiulongyuan for half a day.

If he doesn't move forward, he can only stay in this big square cage and become a bird that can't fly out!

No, I must go out and see how vast the outside world is.
Chapter completed!