Chen Da opened the door again and led Xiao Feng and Yan Niang into the yard. Chen San's screams echoed in the yard. The executioner looked like he was brought from the palace. Although he was old, his techniques were ruthless and accurate.
The stick before was only used on the buttocks. When Xiao Feng led Yan Niang into the yard, the stick fell on Chen San's right leg.
Chen San's screams instantly increased by an octave, and he couldn't help but get up from the pain. However, the executioner was very experienced and hit Chen San on the back with another stick, neither light nor hard, just enough to hit Chen San on the back. He raised his body and patted it down.
Yan Niang couldn't help but tremble and closed her eyes, unable to bear to look any further. Although she has seen people die like grass, she is still a woman after all.
She also asked the nursing staff to beat troublesome guests in Chunyan Building, but they were just bruised and swollen, not so harsh.
Then the executioner raised his stick high, as if he was deliberately showing it to Xiao Feng, and let it fall with a whistling sound.
"Stop!" With Xiao Feng's voice, the stick stopped close to Chen San's left thigh. The head of the stick shook gently under the huge inertia. Chen San raised his face with tears in pain and looked at it in horror. Looking at Xiao Feng, Chen Da also turned around, with some hope in his eyes.
"Brother, you are so lucky." Xiao Feng looked at Chen San with a smile. Chen San really didn't know where his luck was due to his broken leg, but how dare he talk back to Xiao Feng at this time?
He nodded hurriedly.
"What the adults say is that the villain is lucky. The villain is very lucky."
"Oh? It seems that you react quickly. So tell me, where is your luck?" Chen San almost burst into tears. He really didn't know where his luck was, so he could only make it up.
"The adult came in in time and saved the villain's leg, so the villain is blessed by the adult and is very lucky." Xiao Feng shook his head: "You are very lucky because you are a driver who kicks with your right leg. And this executioner just happened to break your right leg first. If by chance he broke your left leg first, I wouldn’t have yelled at you this time." Chen San cursed in his stomach, and there was a trace of anger on his face. I burst into tears of gratitude. This tear was not just an act, it was painful.
"My lord is right, I am very lucky, very lucky!" Xiao Feng ignored him and continued to walk forward. Yan Niang walked a few steps away from Chen San who was moaning on the ground, and hugged him tightly. Follow Xiao Feng.
She had been to this courtyard once, before Zhang Tianci ran for election, and it was also the first time Eunuch Chen saw her outside the Jiaofang Division.
Eunuch Chen asked her many things about Xiao Feng, and finally gave her an order: let the representatives of the entertainment industry under Jiaofangsi remain neutral.
That time, her carriage stopped very far away, and she walked far away, and was teased by Chen San when she left.
It can be seen that Chen San is not afraid of Eunuch Chen knowing at all. Because everyone can see that Eunuch Chen doesn't care about people like Yan Niang at all. Even if he uses them, they are just tools.
No matter how bad Chen San is, he is still a dog. Dogs are naturally more noble than tools. Xiao Feng took Yan Niang into the main room, but Chen Da stopped at the door because he saw the young woman sitting upright next to the table.
Seeing Xiao Feng come in, Eunuch Chen put down his rice bowl and chopsticks, stood up and said hello with a smile.
"Master Xiao, you are here at this hour. You haven't eaten yet. It's a common meal. Why don't you sit down and have a bite together?" Xiao Feng and Eunuch Chen's eyes instantly collided in the air, and they also smiled and handed over their hands.
"I'm being presumptuous. Yan Niang and I haven't eaten yet. If you don't want to disturb your enjoyment, could you please bring us two more sets of bowls and chopsticks?" Eunuch Chen's eyes lit up, his smile became even happier, and he looked at Yan Niang.
"Madam, fill up two sets of bowls and chopsticks, bring another wine glass, and tell the kitchen to fry two more dishes to go with the wine." The woman was in her twenties, much younger than Eunuch Chen, and her appearance was not very good. At least not as beautiful as Yan Niang, nor as beautiful as the four red cards of Chun Yan Tower.
Xiao Feng had heard that the eunuchs had wives outside their homes, but it was said that the wives of those eunuchs were more beautiful than the last. Why was Eunuch Chen's wife so ordinary?
But the woman had a calm demeanor and blessed Xiao Feng and Yan Niang. Xiao Feng bowed slightly and returned the greeting, but Yan Niang was so frightened that she almost squatted on the ground.
The woman walked out of the room, frightening the servants outside the room to run away. However, she walked all the way to the kitchen, picked up two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and said to the cook who lowered his head and did not dare to look at her: "Brother Wang, the master has a guest. Let you fry two dishes to go with the wine." The cook quickly agreed, turned on the stove again, and started stir-frying.
The woman put the bowls and chopsticks on the table, where four people could sit at the Eight Immortals table. Xiao Feng sat opposite Eunuch Chen, and Yan Niang sat opposite the woman.
Yan Niang lowered her head, not daring to raise her head. She only used her chopsticks to pick at the rice bowl, not even daring to pick up the vegetables. She had also been in the houses of officials and deep mansions, and she had also talked and laughed, but she did not dare to be here with Eunuch Chen.
Because those people, no matter how high their status, looked at her with the eyes of men, eyes with desire. She was not afraid of men with such eyes.
But Eunuch Chen looked at her as if he were looking at an inanimate object, a dead thing.
She knew when she first met in Jiaofangsi that this was a man who could kill at any time. Not just her, but probably everyone in the brothel under Jiaofangsi, as long as he felt it was necessary, he could do it, because he didn't regard them as living creatures.
There are four dishes on the table, three of which are used to accompany food. The only one used to accompany wine is probably the plate of stir-fried pork.
At this time, two gongs were heard in the kitchen. The woman stood up, walked to the kitchen, and came back with two plates of newly fried vegetables.
A plate of scrambled eggs with leek stalks and a plate of fried liver tips. Although not expensive, they are steaming hot and carry the aroma of the iron pot.
Xiao Feng picked up a piece of liver tip, chewed it twice, and nodded in praise.
"This cook's skills are good. Home-cooked food must taste like home-cooked food and be delicious." Eunuch Chen nodded with a smile and took a piece.
"This is not a restaurant cook. I found him from the countryside. Our ancestors have always cooked banquets. When I was a child, whenever there was a happy event in the village, I would go a day in advance to help with the work. For no other reason than to You can have an extra meal at the water table in the evening. Oh, I’m afraid Mr. Xiao doesn’t know that in the countryside, the first night’s meal is called the water table. Guests are not entertained, but food is given to those who help.” He said from the cook that he was a child There was nothing unexpected about it, it was very natural, and there was a warmth and melancholy unique to memories on his face.
Yan Niang had never seen Eunuch Chen like this before. Her head was lowered even lower, and she was pulling white rice into her mouth one by one with her chopsticks, looking very busy.
A large piece of steaming hot scrambled eggs was stuffed between her face and the rice bowl. She looked up in shock and saw Xiao Feng letting go of his chopsticks. He didn't even look at her, so he picked up another piece and ate it himself.
"Brother Chen invites us to dinner. If you don't eat more with such good craftsmanship, why are you just eating?" Xiao Feng is only eighteen years old, but Eunuch Chen is almost sixty. He should not be called Eunuch Chen, but uncle. Even grandpa, but he actually called me brother without changing his expression.
Yan Niang was stunned by him. The woman opposite looked at Xiao Feng and then at Eunuch Chen, and she actually covered her mouth and laughed.
Eunuch Chen also smiled, looked at Yan Niang and shook his head.
"You are still capable of doing things, but you have just spent your whole life trying to figure out the thoughts of ordinary men. Once you meet a man who is not so hungry for women, or someone who is ambitious and determined, you will be at a loss." Yan Niang felt that Eunuch Chen was trying to teach him, but he didn't know why. Why did he suddenly want to challenge someone who never looked at him directly?
"It's like a hunter hunting a wolf. The wolf spends its life catching prey, and its fatal move is to bite the neck, which is tried and true. But experienced hunters put iron collars around their own necks and the necks of hunting dogs. It also had long nails. The wolf bit him, but not only failed to kill his opponent, but was injured himself. He immediately panicked and was naturally killed by the hunter and hounds. If the wolf was not so good at biting the opponent's neck, After discovering that biting the neck was ineffective, he naturally bitten the arms and legs, and he would not be so panicked." Eunuch Chen spoke eloquently, as if he was teaching a descendant relative, with a normal and serious tone.
Yan Niang understood what he said and benefited a lot, but she still didn't understand why he said this to her. She didn't dare to interrupt, but just glanced at Xiao Feng for help.
Xiao Feng raised his cup and shook it at Eunuch Chen and the woman respectively.
"I'm taking the liberty of interrupting you today. Brother Chen and my sister-in-law are not giving up and have entertained me so warmly. I'm really happy. It's not the New Year yet, so I'll borrow flowers to offer this glass of wine to Buddha. I wish my brother and sister-in-law good fortune and longevity!" Yan Niang was even more stunned. She just called Eunuch Chen eldest brother. Why did she call her eldest sister-in-law?
Marrying a wife is usually a taboo matter for eunuchs, so why did you deliberately mention it so that you weren't afraid of others' irritation?
Besides, Mr. Xiao, you are usually very talented in literature. Even when you are toasting, you should be toasting with flowers. Why do you say these two filthy words, which are just like the level of a mud-legged person in the countryside paying New Year's greetings?
Eunuch Chen slapped the table and laughed.
"Okay, brother, let's drink this!"
