At the third watch, He Meisheng regained consciousness and woke up. She looked around and saw fluttering curtains and mottled slanting shadows. It was like entering Zhilan's room. She realized that she should have been rescued.
She lifted up her collar and looked down, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no sign of her clothes being untied.
"Wake up." Nan Pingyue found out that the person was awake and immediately called everyone over. Within a short time, the room was completely surrounded.
Such a bustling crowd was filled with women, all wearing phoenix crowns and beautiful beauties, so large that she was so frightened that she trembled all over. Could it be that this is a brothel? This is really fatal. If you really enter a brothel by mistake, you might as well have died in the Red River just now.
"Brother, don't be afraid. Sisters are entrusted to take care of you and will never harm you."
"Perhaps this kid has never seen so many women in his life and is frightened." Hetang Ye joked.
They all thought I was a man. She was secretly glad.
"I'm afraid he may be very beautiful, but he won't be able to lose weight." Zi Luoyun sneered, while approaching the bed, he raised the back of his hand and stretched it out towards the young man.
"What do you want to do!" Hetang Ye blocked Zi Luoyun with his backhand.
"I have learned some medical skills, but I just want to diagnose his pulse. You little girls are waiting to guard against the old man in my building. It's heartbreaking. That's all. Go back to your room."
Except for Zi Luoyun, none of the remaining people had any medical attainments. Ping Nanyue thought for a moment and asked the lotus leaf to move out of the way so that she could take a look first.
After some questioning, Zi Luoyun said: "I'm awake, but this kid is too seriously injured."
"It's a lot of nonsense, just like what the doctor said yesterday." The girls laughed at each other's words.
Zi Luoyun was very angry when she heard their complaints, but as soon as she got the answers she wanted, she stopped pestering them and left. She was very sure that this child was not the person they had been looking for, let alone Cousin Feng's child - Cousin Feng's physique was extremely strong, and although this boy's appearance was very similar to him back then, his physique was indeed extremely strong. Yin to soft, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a nine-yin. She has never seen anyone with such a cold physique. She doesn't know if it is a blessing or a curse for that young man.
After Pinghong returned to the building, she first took a look at the boy, but because the lights were coming on, the building was about to become lively. She had to go take care of business first, so she left without saying much. Only Hetang Ye was left to look after him.
Hetang Ye Shou felt very bored in the room. He jumped up and down without relief. Looking at He Meisheng who was sleeping soundly, he always felt uncomfortable.
He Meisheng did not really fall asleep. She was considering whether to recuperate here or find a way to leave. After all, she was a daughter. If she was discovered, she might not be able to escape. In this case, she could only pretend to be asleep to buy herself time.
She felt someone shaking her, the force getting stronger and stronger, touching the wound, and her eyes opened.
"It hurts," she shouted.
"Why are you looking at me like this? Am I not beautiful?" The boy's eyes widened when he saw the leaf in the lotus pond.
He Meisheng nodded repeatedly, how dare he say no when living under someone else’s roof.
"Sister, I'm just bored and want to find someone to talk to. You're the only one here. Please allow me to have a few words with you."
"say what?"
"what's your name?"
"My name is He Meisheng."
"That's an interesting name."
"Where's the fun?" Mei Sheng knew that the more she talked, the more likely she would be exposed, but she still couldn't help asking.
"Why don't you like it?"
"Because my father gave it to me and I hate him."
"You hate him, then do you dare to kill him?"
Hetang Yue just asked casually, but she didn't expect the young man to answer seriously.
"If I could, I would dare, but I don't have the ability."
Hetang Yue became interested as soon as he heard this. There were many people who hated his father in the world, but there were very few people at such a young age who wanted to kill his father and dared to speak out, so he asked him what the reason was.
He Meisheng realized that she had talked too much. She gritted her teeth and said, "Sister, I am still feeling uncomfortable. Please allow me to rest first and I will talk to you again when I have the opportunity."
Naturally, she couldn't hide her thoughts from Hetang Ye. Hetang Ye could tell that he didn't want to talk, so he changed the subject. "I'll change your dressing. The doctor prescribed some gold wound medicine and told you to apply it once a day."
He Meisheng panicked and couldn't let her help change the dressing, so she said: "Sister, I haven't washed for a long time, and my body almost smells bad. I'm afraid I'll make you dirty, so I'll do it myself later, so I won't bother you."
Hetang Ye didn't want to change his dressing. She was eighteen years old. Although the child looked twelve or thirteen years old, there were differences between men and women after all, so he followed his words and said, "Okay, let's talk about how you saved Ping." sister."
"Can not remember."
"I really don't remember, I don't remember. You have done such a great deed, you can forget it. Do you know that the person you saved is here with us, but it is very important. If you remember it, you may be rewarded according to your merits. Then think about it carefully. , how could you forget?"
In fact, Pinghong had already told him at that time not to talk about saving people.
"Sister, I have answered so many questions for you, is it your turn to tell me where this is?"
"This is Cuiying Tower, and I am the popular actress here - Hetang Ye."
"Where is Cuiying Building?"
"Wherever you want it to be, that's where it is." Hetang Ye deliberately made a riddle.
"I think?" She secretly thought that this place was probably what she imagined - the place of red willow smoke alley, but how could she say it out loud, so she said, "Where did those sisters go just now?"
"They all went to greet the guests."
"Welcoming guests?" He Meisheng's heart dropped. She originally thought she had been rescued, but she didn't expect to end up in this situation.
She tried her best and finally escaped from home, and even let her brother take the blame for her. She couldn't stay here. She endured the pain in her heart and asked: "Since you are a popular actress, why do you have to stay here?" Where are I?" She wants to get more information about this place by asking questions.
"Because you are my guest." Hetang Yue was originally very angry after hearing the young man's sarcasm, so she wanted to say this to regain the situation.
Seeing that He Meisheng didn't say a word, she had to add: "What are you thinking about, kid? We are here in Cuiying Building, but this is a serious place for dancing, writing, ink, chess, calligraphy, and painting."
Seeing that he had come to his senses, Hetang Ye continued to ask: "How did you get this injury?"
He hesitated and didn't answer.
"I dare not say, is there something shameful?"
"no."
"Then let's talk and listen."
He didn't want to say it, but now at least someone was willing to listen, and the grief in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
"A year ago, I ran away from home because I didn't like fame and preferred martial arts. But soon, because I didn't have enough money, I started living on the streets. But the beggars treated me well. They thought I was young, Occasionally he would give me food, and I would beg like this for a month or two without feeling too hard. Until one day——"
Half a year ago, a group of buskers came from the south and headed north. They performed along the road. Their chests were broken with big rocks, golden bells, and iron cloth shirts. They seemed to be able to do anything, attracting beggars from all walks of life to stop and watch, but they were all knocked down by them. He Meisheng is also among them.
"They are all stinky beggars. They have no money. How can they appreciate the advanced martial arts of our brothers." The leading man went into battle shirtless and covered in scars.
He Meisheng wanted to learn martial arts, and when he heard about advanced martial arts, he was moved. He thought that sincerity was the most touching, so he stayed there for several days.
The gang looked fierce, but only one of them looked like a humble gentleman. A few days later, he called He Meisheng and said that he was a very surprised person and an open-minded person who was eager to learn. He couldn't bear to see him wandering around and wanted to accept him as his disciple.
Mei Sheng was eager and without hesitation, she said goodbye to the beggar who accompanied her day and night, and walked around the world with this group of people.
At first they treated him well. They actually showed him some martial arts brochures and usually only found light jobs for him to do.
Later, when they were getting farther and farther away from the land where he originally begged, everything changed. It was his turn to lie on the wooden board, in front of everyone, applause and laughter drowned out his cries, and he was frightened. He had to watch the senior brothers hit his chest and abdomen with hammers and boulders again and again, but the Golden Bell Meditation they taught him was of no use at all. He screamed in pain too loudly, so they stuffed him with terry cloth strips. Shut his mouth.
As time went by, new and old injuries piled up, and his injuries became more and more serious. The portions of his meals were reduced less and less, and the wounds could not heal, and the smell of rotten flesh gradually developed——
"Sister, you know, we can't cry when we are in pain, otherwise we will be fined. The last time I performed with them was on the edge of the Red River. I didn't need to put cloth strips to silence my voice at that time, because I My throat was tortured until I was almost hoarse and I couldn't scream. The last blow made me lose my mind and fainted. When I woke up later, I was on the bank of the Red River. Maybe they saw that I was useless, so they killed me. I was thrown into the Red River. Unexpectedly, the river was shallow and did not drown me. I thought at that time that if my illness could not be cured, I would not live long, I could not learn martial arts, and I could not save my mother, so I might as well throw myself into the river. went."
"Have you never thought about escaping?"
"I escaped, was caught and beaten, and the beating hurt even more. During the day, I performed for rich patrons and poor spectators, hammer after hammer. If I escaped and was caught, I would have to suppress that person at night. Sleeping on a stone was so painful that I stopped running away."
"You are quite pitiful, but compared to me, you are still a bit inferior."
He Meisheng never expected that she would say this? I suddenly felt that this person was heartless.
"My experience is even more miserable than yours. I have lived a good life to this age, and you have to live a good life too, do you understand?"
He Meisheng nodded in response.
I remembered that my mother often told her that people's pain will not be alleviated because they have less than others, and people's happiness will not increase because they have more than others. A person should be willing to share happiness and bear pain. Although she didn't tell the real reason why she ran away from home, she felt much relieved after talking about it.
"Tang Ye, come out. Sister Ping allows you to pick up the guests. You can't hit anyone by mistake again." Nan Yue's voice came from outside the door.
Hetang Ye secretly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, not wanting the yellow-haired boy to see her, and trotted out the door.
She felt very lonely after being confined for more than half a month, but she always liked to deal with those guests, but it was just helplessness in the middle of helplessness.
He Meisheng caught a glimpse of her quietly brushing away tears on her face, her red clothes blooming in a circle, and her hanging heart dropped a little.
Tomorrow, she would have to ask again about the extent of her injuries to decide whether to stay or not.
