Xu Xiuyi hurried to Nan's pawn shop. The road was difficult to walk at night. She didn't carry a lantern when she came out. Now she walked one step deeper and the other shallow.
There was a puddle, and she accidentally stepped into it, and she was really embarrassed.
The shoes were completely soaked, and a cold chill invaded from the soles of her feet, but she didn't have the time to go back and change her shoes. She just continued on her way to Nan's Pawn Shop in a hurry.
Finally, we arrived at Nan's pawnshop, but the pawnshop had closed early. There was a red letter posted on the outside saying that the owner was happy and would be closed for three days.
She was anxious and raised her hand to knock on the door, but there was no response for a long time. She was surprised when the shopkeeper of a closed pharmacy nearby came out with sleepy eyes and looked at Xu Xiuyi, cursing impatiently.
"It's midnight, why are you making such a fuss here?"
"Excuse me, is there no one living in this house?"
Xu Xiuyi accompanied her with a nice smile. Seeing Xu Xiuyi's beauty and young age, the other party softened her tone a little: "Why are you looking for this place in the middle of the night? The second master of their family married a daughter-in-law and closed the house for three days.
Went back to my hometown in Yindu."
"What!"
Xu Xiuyi was stunned.
When the shopkeeper saw that Xu Xiuyi's lower body was covered with mud and her shoes were completely wet, he couldn't bear it: "It's getting dark. I see how miserable you are, so I'd better find a place to rest. Maybe his family will come back tomorrow.
We have to take care of business, and it’s already been three days since I returned home.”
Xu Xiuyi's eyes lit up when she heard this. There was a message on the door saying that the owner was happy and would be closed for three days. The shopkeeper said that the store had been closed for three days and he would be back around tomorrow.
The shopkeeper was right. She was in such a mess that she should go back first.
Get up early tomorrow morning and go to this door to guard it. No matter what, she must find this gold and jade house, forget about the other things, this one thing is of great significance to her.
On the way here, she walked in a hurry, almost jogging, and broke out in sweat. On the way back, she shivered when the wind blew.
On the empty road, there were occasionally two or three groups of people. When they passed by her, they all glanced at her. She unnaturally pulled up her coat and put it on her head, hiding her peerless face.
Although the people in ancient times were simple and honest, committing crimes and committing crimes was not uncommon. She was so beautiful, so she was afraid of causing trouble.
She hurriedly walked back with her head covered, so that no one could see her beauty. But just like that, three drunk men walked in front of her. They blocked her way carelessly and began to tease her like a little lady.
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Xu Xiuyi was annoyed: "Get out of the way."
When the three drunkards heard her losing her temper, they laughed even more wickedly.
"Young lady has such a big temper, I like it. Come on, let me see your face."
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to pluck the cloak that covered Xu Xiuyi's face. Xu Xiuyi hid back in surprise, and began to think about which direction she would run away if they tried hard, and whether she had any chance of outrunning them.
As soon as she hid, the man became more and more interested and took a step closer. Before Xu Xiuyi could run away, two other drunkards had already surrounded Xu Xiuyi from the other two directions.
The drunk man who had just come to pull Xu Xiuyi's cloak smiled evilly at Xu Xiuyi with his mouth full of alcohol: "Little lady, just take a look at this good figure and these breasts. None of the girls in Zuixiang Tower are so attractive.
I don’t know what this face looks like, but I’ll just take a look.”
He uttered obscene words that were unpalatable to the ears. If it were the other woman who could not bear the humiliation, she would start to cry. However, Xu Xiuyi looked at the three men coldly from her cloak, and then said faintly, "I've done it too."
For seven or eight years, no one has ever seen me, but you three can actually see me."
As she spoke, the weather was also very cooperative. A gust of cold wind blew past, making everyone shiver with a chill.
The three people looked at her and looked at each other, their faces already a little pale.
"You, you are..."
"Who am I? Don't you want to see it?"
As she spoke, she slowly pulled down the cloak. The three men shivered as they watched the cloak slide down a little. Xu Xiuyi followed the opportunity and suddenly pulled down the cloak when they were too frightened to move.
He threw it in the face of one of the men, then spread his legs and ran forward like crazy.
I could only hear an angry curse behind me: "Damn, I got tricked by this bitch, I want to run away."
Xu Xiuyi knew that once she was caught, hell would be waiting for her. She could only run forward as hard as she could. However, Grandma Su San's body was really not in good condition. Her calves and thighs were sore after just walking a few steps.
After a while, I ran no more than a mile, and then I lost my breath and couldn't breathe as if it was life-threatening.
There was no one on the road. She didn't choose a good road when she ran, but ended up in a secluded alley. If the three drunk men hadn't been really drunk, she would have been caught long ago.
But even though they were staggering drunkenly, they were so frightened by her that they were so excited that they woke up half drunk. The momentum behind them now seemed like they were going to give her a cramp.
She couldn't run any longer and fell softly to the ground, her knees hitting the bluestone floor in pain.
The three drunkards came closer and surrounded her. One of them lit a fire and moved towards her face. When he looked at her, his eyes gleamed.
This is a perfect beauty, one that is hard to find in heaven and on earth.
Willow eyebrows, starry eyes, beautiful nose, red lips, white teeth, snowy skin, and the chest that is bullied up and down because of running, are all attractive.
The man swallowed greedily, clasped Xu Xiuyi's chin and sneered: "Little lady, why are you running? I'm not a bad person, I won't hurt you, I will make you feel good - hold on tight, cover your mouth."
Xu Xiuyi felt like she was being caught like a little chicken, with a hand covering her mouth. She struggled and resisted, feeling that she was unlucky today.
The wretched man was already walking toward her, rubbing his hands and fists. However, before he even got close to her, the man suddenly fell down with a muffled sound and fell unconscious. The fire twister in his hand also fell to the ground and was extinguished.
The other two people didn't know what was going on, but they saw a tall black figure coming behind the unconscious man.
The two of them trembled and asked tremblingly: "Who, who is there?"
Xu Xiuyi can no longer tell whether the person coming is a savior or a wolf. It is better to be abused by one person than to have sex with three people taking turns (Xiaojiu is also naughty, haha).
But seeing the man's hands rising and falling, the two big men controlling Xu Xiuyi groaned, made no sound, and fell down against the walls on both sides.
In the darkness, there was a strong smell of alcohol approaching.
Xu Xiuyi felt really sad in her heart. Sure enough, the wolf had gone and the tiger had come. After running and struggling, she now had no strength at all and was just waiting for bad luck to come.
There was no movement in that compartment, only the tall figure could be seen staggering towards the exit of the alley.
Xu Xiuyi was slightly surprised, but she understood that this was a good person, but she had a dirty mind. After experiencing this kind of thing once, she overturned a whole boat of people in one fell swoop.
He carefully stepped over the jumbled bodies and followed the man who saved him.
Although he also looked drunk, he gave people an inexplicable sense of security. His broad back seemed to be able to hold up the sky.
Xu Xiuyi chased him onto the road, having exhausted all her strength just now. Now she was trotting without catching up with the man's staggering steps, but she was running so out of breath that she almost carried him on his back.
"etc."
Thank you very much.
She spoke, her tall body paused, and then slowly turned around. Under the dim light of the roadside lantern, she saw a familiar face, and couldn't help but blurt out happily: "Young Master An Cheng, why is it you?"
But he just raised his eyebrows and looked at her, then turned around and continued walking forward as if he didn't recognize her. His steps were so long and fast that Xu Xiuyi couldn't catch up. She thought he was drunk and didn't recognize her, so she hurriedly called him.
"Master An Cheng, I am Xu Xiuyi."
His figure gradually disappeared into the night.
Xu Xiuyi couldn't catch up and was very tired. Seeing that he disappeared into an unknown alley, she stopped chasing him and just sighed: "How much wine have you drunk? You still don't recognize me when you shout like this."
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After saying that, he shrugged, but this time he was cautious about his surroundings and hurriedly walked towards Su Mansion.
After taking two steps, someone came in front of her. She didn't dare to look up. When the person came to her side, he turned around and walked side by side with her.
She raised her head in surprise and saw the handsome profile of An Chengshao. His face was reddish due to drinking, and he smelled of alcohol. The alcohol smell was mixed with the fragrance of plums. The street lights were dim, and a gust of wind blew up the yellow...
The light seemed to have been blown away, flickering on the two people.
The atmosphere was somewhat ambiguous.
He didn't speak, and Xu Xiuyi didn't say a word either. She wanted to say something at first, but now, she couldn't say anything because An Chengshao was holding her hand.
He held her tightly, even pinching her a little, and she couldn't pull away. The warmth in his hand was very warm. She suddenly smiled and let him go. Was he drunk?
Therefore, she said that there was an ambiguity in the air. Now, they looked like a couple walking under the sunset, because they walked very slowly.
After crossing a road, he took her into an alley, and finally spoke her first words after a long silence.
"Go back to Su Mansion from here, it's closer."
"oh."
Xu Xiuyi was blushing. She didn't know why, but this alley without lights gave her too many inappropriate associations, especially when he held her hand a little tighter.
"Do you have another dinner date?"
he asks.
Xu Xiuyi thought about Jinyu Mantang and didn't know how to explain it to him. After much deliberation, it was better not to say anything. She was so embarrassed that she put such a precious gift so casually, so it was stolen.
"I am busy."
She only said that something happened, and he didn't ask any more questions. He just said, "Did those people just do anything to you?"
His tone was a bit cold, as if if Xu Xiuyi answered yes, he would immediately go back and break the necks of those people.
Xu Xiuyi shook her head: "No, just as I was about to do it, you came."
"I didn't know it was you." Xu Xiuyi didn't understand what he meant.
But he took it himself: "If I knew it was you, it wouldn't be as simple as a slap."
For some reason, she felt as sweet as honey in her heart. Just thinking of his sexual orientation, Xu Xiuyi cut off the sweetness again. An Chengshao is a very good man, but she is not An Chengshao's type, and she
I also definitely won’t fall in love with a gay person.
"Thanks!"
In her heart, she felt a little disappointed and regretful.
The hand placed in An Chengshao's palm twitched. He did not insist this time, but let go of her obediently.
After leaving his palm, she suddenly felt a little cold. There was some alley wind in the alley, and the bottom of her shoes were wet. She had just run like crazy for a while, and her body was covered with sticky sweat. She couldn't help but gasp.
He crossed his arms and rubbed them.
He stopped and she looked up at him doubtfully. All she could see was a pair of bright eyes, and then, a pair of warm arms gently surrounded her and took her into his arms.
"Xu Xiuyi."
Her hug was stuck in her throat because such a hug was too sudden. This embrace seemed familiar, and the fragmented memories of yesterday's drunkenness began to flow into her arms little by little.
It seemed that she had also fallen into this embrace, and it seemed that there was also the Fifth Prince. It seemed that Su Jinyi said something, Su Jinye said something, and then the Fifth Prince said something.
The memory is chaotic, but you can imagine what happened in such a scene, because those fragmented memories finally settled on the scene of the Fifth Prince and An Chengshao starting to leave.
"I'm going back." She jumped away, feeling extremely bitter in her heart.
An Chengshao was silent for a moment, and finally did not do anything too extreme, and said: "I'll see you off."
These three words are obviously alienated compared to before.
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When Xu Xiuyi returned to the Su Mansion, Jin Yu was going crazy with anxiety. Only then did she realize that something big had happened in the second room not even half an hour after she left.
It was said that Zi Chen, because of the cruel beating his Second Mistress had given him, got revengeful at night, so he carried Su Rouying and ran away. He also left a note, cursing Second Mistress, and said "Don't even think about it, Second Mistress Su Rouying".
Yes, she wanted to hold him together and throw him into the lake.
When Xu Xiuyi returned, the people in the Su Mansion had gone crazy and alerted the government. Xu Xiuyi was also shocked. Zi Chen was really crazy. How could he take it out on the child?
She hurriedly asked Jin Yu to deliver a message to her mother's family. Her mother's family knew many people and had wide connections. If they mobilized everyone to search together, they might be able to find the child early. She also ordered people to go down to both sides of the river and send people up and down the river to search.
Then, without having time to change clothes, he went to the second house.
Now that the second wife has lost her child, she no longer looks like she did before. Mrs. Su Jiang cried so hard that her heart broke, her face turned pale. She fell to the ground and refused to get up no matter how much she tried to persuade her. When she saw someone, she hugged and cried, her voice was so sad that
One can't help but sympathize.
Looking at Su Jinyi, her face was livid, she was silent, her fists were clenched tightly, and her eyes were terrifyingly cold.
The second room was so miserable, the eldest room put aside the past grudges and tried its best to help. Su Li also asked her mother-in-law's family. Her mother-in-law's family was very wealthy and had hundreds of servants. Plus the clerk at the counter, they were all manpower.
, now it was said that a letter had been delivered, and her family had also sent people to look for her.
When Xu Xiuyi went in, she didn't know how to comfort Su Jiang. She had never been a mother. Although she was Tuanzi's mother, she was not her biological child after all. She could not empathize with the pain of uncertainty about the child's life and death, but she was still full of pity.
"Second sister-in-law, my parents' house has already been notified. We are searching all over the city, door to door. You get up first. It's very cold on the ground. What if you get frozen later?"
Su Jiang held Xu Xiuyi's arm and cried: "If something happens to my Rou'er, Xiu Yi, you have to make the decision and send this murderer to the government. If it wasn't for the romantic debt he caused, how could Rou'er be punished?
Take her away, ah, I can't live. I think of my little Rou'er suffering somewhere right now, and I can't live."
Xu Xiuyi's arm was covered with Su Jiang's snot and tears.
Su Jinyi still said nothing, but her face became more gloomy.
Xu Xiuyi knew that he must feel uncomfortable too.
Asking the maid to get Su Jiangshi to a chair, she called Su Jinye out and asked: "Brother, where are the words left by Zi Chen?"
Su Jinye hurried back to the house and took it out. Xu Xiuyi read it twice and said, "Zi Chen was beaten like that, but he can still write beautiful handwriting. Brother, please go to the accountant and sign the deed of sale of Zi Chen."
Over the years, I have brought the signatures of Yue Yin Zichen, the eldest son of the eldest family, and compared the handwriting. I always felt that with a personality like Zichen's, no matter what she did, you saw it in the ancestral hall. She begged me to look like that.
She obviously cherished her life very much."
It is not unreasonable for Xu Xiuyi to think this way. There is no need for Zichen to do such an extreme thing. The worst outcome for her is to be kicked out. But with Su Jinyi's intention to protect her, being kicked out will definitely settle her down. There is no need for her to do anything.
This is a dead end.
She has no way forward, but there is a way out, and this way out is not bad, so if she has suffered a lot, she wants to die together with Su Jiang's children, unless Zi Chen is greatly stimulated.
Speaking of excitement, Xu Xiuyi thought of Su Jinyi's gloomy face and was slightly shocked. Su Jinyi was Zi Chen's only hope. Could it be that Su Jinyi had done something to Zi Chen?
Otherwise, Su Jinyi could have tolerated Su Jiangshi scolding her like that, even though she didn't reply with a single word. The most conceivable reason for stealing here is that the child disappeared this time. The real reason was not Su Jiangshi's beating and scolding, but what Su Jinyi did.
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As long as people have hope, a way to survive, and hope, they will not go down the road of death.
But at this moment, I'm afraid Su Jinyi won't say anything if asked. It's better to find someone first. If Zi Chen really wants to die, then that child Su Rouying is really innocent.
Xu Xiuyi still liked this pink and tender child with a sweet mouth.
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At dawn, the person was found. In the river east of the city, when they were found, the big one was still breathing, while the little one was already...
Su Jiang fainted three times from crying, and the last time she fainted, Su Jinye gave her acupuncture, but simply didn't wake her up and told her to have a good sleep, otherwise she would be overwhelmed and would go crazy.
The little body, with a wet curl of hair stuck to the cold face, Su Jinyi fell beside the little body in a daze, tears falling heavily, it was as if his soul had been sucked out, and every word could not be said
No, I just kept crying.
It's really heartbreaking to watch, and make those who listen to it cry.
Mrs. Su Li, the eldest son, hugged the child's body, kissed it, and said something about the poor child. Tears fell from her eyes. Xu Xiuyi also turned away, her eyes red.
The government sent someone to say that Zi Chen had woken up, Su Jinyi had lost his soul, and Su Jiang was also in a coma. The old lady of the Su family heard that she had been waiting for news all night last night, and today she cried a lot when she heard that the child was dead.
He fell ill.
At the moment, there were still things to take care of at home, so Xu Xiuyi asked Dafang to stay in charge, and she went to the government alone.
When Xu Xiuyi saw Zi Chen, she couldn't control herself and gave Zi Chen a big mouth. No one stopped him. Such a woman deserved to have her flesh cut off piece by piece with a slap.
Zi Chen didn't hide or say anything.
"Why are you?"
Xu Xiuyi roared.
Zi Chen turned her head, with blood beads hanging from the corners of her mouth. It could be seen how painful Xu Xiuyi's beating was. There was a deathly silence in her eyes, and she only said: "He has ruined my life, and I will make him pay the price."
Him, Su Jinyi.
Xu Xiuyi's guess last night was indeed correct. Zichen would go crazy and kidnap the child because of Su Jinyi.
"The child is innocent." Xu Xiuyi had angry tears in her eyes.
Zi Chen raised his head and said dullly: "Yes, the child is innocent, how innocent the child is."
After saying that, he stroked his belly.
Xu Xiuyi thought it was Su Jinyi who forced her to beat the child, so she had such revenge, but Zi Chen suddenly laughed stupidly, and tears fell down while laughing: "The child is innocent, Third Grandma, his child is innocent, I
Where is my child? He didn’t even give me a chance to have a child. He lied to me about taking so many medicines, saying that if I wanted to have children in the future, I could stop taking the medicines immediately. But why, why didn’t he just lie to me to the end? In order to catch up
I want to be so cruel and tell me the truth. Do you know what he has fed me these years? What he has fed me is mercury balls. Third Grandma, do you know mercury?"
There was a thud, and Xu Xiuyi was stunned.
Su Jinyi is so poisonous.
He wanted to play with women, but he didn't want to get angry, so he cut off the most important and cherished thing of a woman.
After Zi Chen finished speaking, he stood up suddenly and hit the pillar next to him.
Xu Xiuyi heard a muffled sound and was startled. Then, without looking back, she slowly closed her eyes.
On this day, too much happened, to her, to the second room, and to the Su family.
Her life before was so simple, but her life now is so complicated. This complexity often made her breathless.
In this matter, Zi Chen was a tragedy, Su Jiangshi was a tragedy, and Xiao Rouying was even more of a tragedy. She took every step so hard that when she returned to the Su Mansion, she no longer had the strength to speak.
Rouying's funeral was handled by the eldest family member. Because she was young, according to the rules, she couldn't take care of it. She could only bury her in the coffin with less paper money and forget about it.
Su Rouying went to find peace. Because of this incident, the Su family fell into a long period of death.
Xu Xiuyi was tired of things at home and on the counter. Although Su Jinyi didn't have the strength to make things difficult for her, Su Jiang didn't always oppose her like a fighting cock at home.
But many times she would rather that nothing had happened. Su Jinyi was still the Su Jinyi who was running around fighting against her, and Su Jiang was still the Su Jiang who taught her children to ignore her every day.
Amidst a bunch of gloomy things, the emperor's imperial edict finally came down, which was unexpectedly lenient. He said that Concubine Xing had made a big mistake and the palace could not tolerate such a person, so he deprived her of the title and reduced her position as concubine.
, demoted to common people and sent home.
As for Yue Fei, her title was revoked and she was demoted to a promise. She no longer had to work in the Treasury, and at least she had the hope and opportunity to start over.
This time, the Su family no longer expects to marry the emperor. They only hope that those who remain in the palace will agree to the young master and live in peace.
——Digression——
Do you want to give me a gold medal? Haha, give me more, it will give me some motivation.