The candle wick exploded with a small spark, and Lin Sui'an seemed to wake up from a dream, "What did you just say...?"
Hua Yitang rubbed his sleeves uncomfortably, his Adam's apple twitching, "Do you still remember that when I was six years old, I wanted to find a place to die?"
Lin Sui'an was silent for a moment, "Remember."
"At that time, my family was watching me very closely, so I secretly put on Muxia's clothes and got out of the dog hole. After much thought, I decided that it would be more comfortable to die by jumping into the river, so I went to Cishui River on the outskirts of Yangdu. We chose a quiet section of the river to go into the water, and as soon as we took a few steps into the water, the water turned red and a body floated in the water."
Lin Sui'an: "..."
"Then, I felt a chill in the back of my head, and I fainted. When I woke up, I was tied up and thrown into a carriage. The carriage was a large sealed barrel, and there were more than a dozen children in it, all of whom had been abducted. , some are separated from their families, some are beggars, some are orphans, the youngest child is only about three years old, blond and blue-eyed, and is Persian."
Lin Sui'an took a breath, "Could it be——"
Hua Yitang's eyes flickered slightly in the candlelight, "That child can't speak Tang language. No matter what I say to him, he just cries 'Ita Ita', so the traffickers call him 'Ita' '."
Lin Sui'an was shocked: He never expected that Hua Yitang and Yita met like this.
"Originally, the traffickers wanted to sell us to a city farther away, but they were forced to change their minds later."
Lin Sui'an frowned unconsciously, "Because the Hua family found out that you were missing and started looking for someone on a large scale - no, if the traffickers find out that you are Hua Shilang, they will definitely kill you to avoid future troubles, and even Enemies of the Hua family - therefore, the Hua family will definitely not publicize the disappearance of Hanashiro, but will only search for it secretly."
Hua Yitang looked at the knot on Lin Sui'an's brow, took a breath, and his tone suddenly became brisk, "Those who are worse are the second best. The main reason is that I ate too much and almost exhausted them." .”
The air was quite solemn at first, but Hua Yitang suddenly said something like this. All the atmosphere was gone. Lin Sui'an stared at him, really not knowing what expression to use.
Hua Yitang smiled, heartlessly, and stretched out his arms to shake the wide sleeves of his robe, "Look at how handsome I am now, you must have guessed how tall I looked when I was young. I’m pretty and cute with pink makeup and jade. In order to sell me for a good price, the traffickers naturally want to feed me well and feed me, so they don’t dare to neglect me at all.”
Lin Sui'an knew that Hua Yitang was lying to her. Since ancient times, human traffickers have been cruel and ruthless desperadoes. How could they be merciful just because a child is good-looking? How could a character like Hua Yitang be manipulated by human traffickers? The more he said this, it meant that his situation at that time was extremely bad.
But he said this rhetoric so smoothly that he couldn't even detect the clues in his facial expression management. He must have said it many times before and deceived many people, so much so that even he believed it.
Lin Sui'an couldn't bear to expose him and forced out a dry smile, "Huajia Silang is indeed worthy of his reputation. He is indeed very lucky."
Hua Yitang nodded repeatedly, "Not a few days later, Eta and I were sold to a secret | prostitution | brothel. That brothel was quite remote. It was an unconventional area. There were many people in the gangs and lakes, and the house was quite big. , there are flowers and grass, but the smell is not very good, there is always a strange fragrance burning, which makes people’s nose itchy and makes them want to sneeze.”
"Ita and I are new here, so the old bustard naturally wanted to give us a slap in the face and locked us up in the darkroom. Naturally, they were reluctant to beat me. Seeing that I loved eating, they refused to give me anything to eat. I wanted to starve. Hold me and make me surrender."
"I was hungry for many days. My eyes were black from hunger, my whole body was weak, and my feet were swollen. When I was in a daze, I thought how great it would be to have a steaming steamed cake." Hua. Yitang raised the corners of his lips in self-mockery, "It's really funny to say that I originally wanted to die, but when I was really about to die, I wanted to live again."
Lin Sui'an's throat tightened. The more relaxed Hua Yitang's tone was, the heavier her heart became.
"Fortunately, I am lucky enough to survive." Hua Yitang tilted his head and looked at Lin Sui'an, "You must have never imagined that it was Eta who saved me."
Lin Sui'an: "Huh?"
"The madam accidentally discovered that Ita had a talent for gambling, so he wanted to train Ita to become a blogger. After all, a good blogger can make more money than a waiter. But Ita couldn't understand Tang language, so the only thing I was the only one who could guess what he was talking about, so the madam found an old blogger to teach me first, and then I taught Ita."
"Well, I have to say, Yita is really a genius. No matter what skill he learns, he can master it. In comparison, I have no talent in gambling." Hua Yitang shrugged, "But even if Yita is talented, He was still too young, and he couldn't win every time. Occasionally he lost and had no food to eat, so I hid steamed cakes and secretly gave them to him. When Eta was full, he won more and more, and soon , we both put on silk shirts."
Lin Suian's heart skipped a beat, "Silk shirt?"
"In that kind of place, there are three religions and nine streams, dragons and snakes are mixed together. The fastest way to judge a person's status is clothes. Needless to say for the guests, the more beautiful the clothes, the more money they can spend, the higher their status. The same goes for the people in the brothel. , the lowest slaves don’t cover their bodies, the slightly better ones can wear linen clothes, and the higher ones have patched shorts, then clean cotton shirts, and the best ones are plain silk shirts, if you can coax If the madam is happy, she can even get a pair of cloth shoes."
"Those who have no clothes, eat one meal in three days; those who wear linen clothes, one meal a day, but the food is rotten; those who have patches on their clothes, eat one meal if they are hungry; those who wear cloth clothes, they can eat enough; those who wear silk clothes, , and occasionally you can eat steamed pancakes.”
After hearing this, Lin Sui'an could no longer tell which of Hua Yitang's sentences was true and which was false, just like she couldn't guess whether Hua Yitang was a born big eater or whether he changed because he was afraid of hunger. It has to be eaten better than ordinary people.
"That day, the madam said she would give me two steamed cakes and asked me to go to her room. I went, but I saw the dead body of the madam."
"!!"
"The person who killed the madam was a gangster with a dark face and an ugly knife. I thought he would kill me too, but he took me and escaped from the brothel. We ran in the mountains all night , I know for the first time how dark it is in the mountains when there is no moon, and the only light is that man’s knife. Now that I think about it, it’s really strange, his knife is obviously dark, why is there light?”
"When I was escaping from the forest, I encountered an ambush. The man was covered in blood and looked at me. He smiled and said to me: Don't worry, little kid, I will definitely take you home..."
Speaking of this, Hua Yitang fell silent.
"Then what?" Lin Sui'an asked softly.
"Then..." Hua Yitang's voice was like a floating light rising and falling in the air, "I woke up again and was already lying on the bed in Huazhai. Eta fell asleep lying on the bedside, and I just Know that everything is over."
"Everyone in the Hua family is avoiding talking about this matter, as if as long as no one talks about it, it never happened. I also pretend to forget, so... everyone is fine..."
"Where is that Jianghu man?" Lin Sui'an asked.
"Brother said that the man healed his injury and left with a smile. He didn't receive a penny in payment and didn't even leave his name. He was worthy of being a hero in the world."
"But I have seen too many dead people since I was a child. It can be seen that the person's bleeding volume must have been injured at the time, and the chance of survival is very small. But I still want to believe it once, believe that he is still alive somewhere. place, using his ugly black sword to perform chivalry..."
After saying this, Hua Yitang seemed to have exhausted the courage he had accumulated for ten years, and slowly lowered his head. The gleam of the night pearl fell on his hair, like flowing snow.
It turns out that for Hua Yitang, gorgeous clothes mean that he has food to eat and can live well, and expensive incense may be the only good medicine to suppress the disgusting smell in that memory.
Lin Sui'an felt like he was being choked by his ribs and couldn't make a sound. He could only reach out his hand, carefully place it on Hua Yitang's arm, and pat him gently.
Hua Yitang shuddered and raised her head. Lin Sui'an's red eyes were reflected in her beautiful big wet eyes.
Hua Yitang twitched the corner of his mouth, as if he wanted to smile, but failed. Lin Sui'an sighed, poured a cup of tea and stuffed it in, "Drink more hot water, and your eyes will stop drying when you cry."
The moisture in Hua Yitang's eyes almost overflowed, but he really smiled, "Lin Sui'an, you really can't speak."
"It's enough for us to have one of you who is eloquent." Lin Sui'an breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, she was really afraid that Hua Yitang would cry. For a half-hearted person like her, comforting a crying person is worse than killing him. Ten gangsters are much more difficult to deal with.
"To be honest," Hua Yitang said softly, holding a tea cup, "I'm afraid you will comfort me."
"ah?"
"Thanks."
"ha?"
"Thank you for listening to me."
"oh……"
There was a drum beat outside the house, and it was midnight.
Almost at the same time, a loud gong sounded in the courtyard.
Hua Yitang stood up suddenly, Lin Sui'an opened the door with a palm, and the guard outside the house rushed out. Mu Xia reported urgently, "Silang, this is Eta's warning signal!"
Before he finished speaking, Qinglong and Baihu ran in at the same time, one shouted "The bottle is lost!" and the other shouted "The clothes are gone!"
Hua Yitang's face turned dark.
Jin Ruo was sitting on the steps of the warehouse, grabbing a wet cloth and wiping his face angrily, spitting, "What bad luck!"
Ita stared at the broken copper lock on the warehouse door, and his eyes turned dark blue with anger.
Green Dragon, Suzaku, White Tiger, Xuanwu stood aside honestly, their heads drooped, like four little kids who had done something wrong. All the guards did not dare to say anything and hid far away.
"What's going on?" Hua Yitang asked.
Ita pointed to the roof, "There are people up there. Brother Jin went to chase them. Six figures bloomed. Brother Jin fell down. Everyone chased them together. The people are gone!"
"It's the Lotus Step!" Jin Ruo scolded, "His grandma's is actually the real Yun Zhongyue! I felt bad at the time, guessing that I might be trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so I hurried back. The lock of the warehouse had been unlocked, and there was someone Ying, I rushed forward, only to have ashes sprinkled on my face. Yun Zhongyue, a man who has killed a thousand swords, is also a famous figure in the world, but he is not afraid of spreading the news to the world by using such a dirty trick as Rougusan. You’ll be laughed at!”
Lin Sui'an knelt down and looked at Jin Ruo's face, "What is Fu Gu Powder? Is it poisonous?"
"The ashes burned after rotting and drying animals stink terribly." Jin Ruo said angrily, "If it gets into your eyes, you will be blind for several days. Fortunately, I have rich experience in the world and can hide quickly."
Mu Xia quickly walked out of the warehouse, "I checked and found out that a Yue kiln double-eared porcelain vase with wrapped branches and ice patterns was lost. The price is about five hundred gold."
Good guy!
Lin Sui'an covered his heart, feeling like he was going to have a heart attack.
Itabi gestured, "We didn't find anyone. When we came back, Brother Jin was blind (Jin Ruo: I'm not blind!). When we went to the wing, the lock was broken and the clothes were gone! So angry!"
Hua Yitang's expression changed, "All the clothes are gone?!"
Ita waved his hand, "Only one thing is missing."
Hua Yitang breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay."
Ita jumped anxiously, "An expensive one!"
Hua Yitang became nervous again, "Which piece was lost?!"
Ita: "The one in the box, Yidu, the one that Shiro measured, drew, and made to order, the one that is noble and noble——"
Mu Xia was shocked: "Did you lose your night mirror gauze?!"
Etta: "Yes!"
The court was completely silent.
Jin Ruo: "What night, what kind of gauze and what kind of clothes are you going to wear?"
Mirror gauze at night?
Lin Sui'an scratched his forehead. Why did this name seem familiar? However, Hua Yitang's clothes are all named after fancy poems and songs, which is not surprising after hearing them.
But except for her and Jin Ruo, everyone else's expressions were very strange. They were three-quarters embarrassed, four-quarters helpless, and one-third couldn't tell what they were looking at. Hua Yitang silently raised his fan to cover his face, revealing two red eyes. ear.
Lin Sui'an: Huh?
"Pfft hahahahahahaha!" Without any warning, someone in the nursing home suddenly burst out laughing, "Linwan Jingshayi, I heard you right, Linwan Jingshayi!! Hahahaha, my God, Hanashiro, what are you thinking about all day long, what kind of hobby is this, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha what are you thinking about all day long.
Lin Sui'an's eyes flashed, and his body moved in accordance with the sound. In an instant, the door reached the side of the laughing guard, and Qianjing green light flashed across his neck.
All the nursing staff were stunned and scattered for a long distance. The man laughed so hard that his face was wrinkled and a large piece of human skin was lifted up on his cheek.
Lin Sui'an was so angry that his head buzzed and sounded the alarm, "Yun Zhongyue!" With lightning speed, he tore off Yun Zhongyue's face. He heard a stabbing sound, and there was only a piece of human skin left in his hand, lying on the ground. There was an extra ball of clothes and hair, and laughter floated down from high places. Yun Zhongyue squatted on the pointed black cornice, hung up the silver mask, and behind him was a huge moon.
"I was just picking my feet and counting money at home. Suddenly I heard that Yun Zhongyue had appeared in Yicheng. I thought it was another masterpiece of Lord Qianjing, but I never thought that I had wronged Mrs. Lin." Yun Zhongyue said happily. , "Lin Sui'an, we are working together this time, how about we just cooperate?"
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At the same time, Fang was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.
On the table beside the bed, there was a super luxurious glass vat collected from Hua Yitang, which was filled with colorful offal.
Fang Ke in the dream was very proud: He didn't believe that someone would dare to steal it. :,,
