One night, the Li family's team entered a birch forest. It was already late at this time, the frost and dew were slightly cold, and the waves and fog shrouded the entire forest. The stars of the houses in front were vaguely visible, flickering vaguely, and the horses Then he was dragged away listlessly on the dry soil covered with hard rocks. The horseman who was leading the way returned and came to the side of Li Shi's horse and reported: "My lord, there is a forest in front of me. It is cold at night, and the horses also need to eat." , why don’t I go and check if there are any inns or homes.”
Ishino nodded, retracted his head gradually, crossed his arms and shivered. When the carriages stopped, he stretched with relief and looked at the dagger on the table, shook his head and got out of the carriage, and went with the waiting people around him to the central cart to check on Qingru's condition.
"Third girl? Are you feeling well?"
He gently opened the velvet curtain and saw Qingru lying quietly in the car wrapped in a thick velvet blanket. She was covered with two layers of brocade quilts and rested on the best soft pillow.
Her belly was swollen high, she had a big patch on her head and her forehead was smeared, and her lips parted for a long time before she said, "Daddy, I'm fine!"
Although he said yes, Li Shi knew that she was not good. When he saw her pale face without a trace of blood and her eyebrows flat, he knew how painful she was.
Li Shi lowered his head and sighed softly, then looked back at the faint birch forest behind him. He put his hands on the car window and said, "It's so hard on you girl! It's so hard on you! I have to get rid of this child at that time, and I feel lighter!" You don’t have to suffer so much.”
Qingru heard this and sat down, holding her big belly and saying: "No, dad, this is the heir of the King of England. This is my chance to stand up. Even if Wan Yanwen doesn't recognize him, he is still a true son of the royal family. If he is a boy , will be the heir in the future, no matter how bad it is, she will be a general who assists the country. If she has a daughter, she will be the county head of the country. I will give birth to her well, I will give birth to her well!"
"Then how do you deal with the affairs of the Zhang family? You always have to find someone to rely on? Dad is old. If one day he is gone, who can protect you?"
After hearing this, she gradually lay down and turned to her side, tears streaming down her face. She wiped her tears randomly and said, "I want to find someone to rely on, but the Zhang family wants me to be a lowly person." Concubine's room."
"Tell me how to hold my head high! Brother Rulin told me softly that even if I became a concubine, I would be just like a wife. But I understand that a concubine is just like a human being, groveling and submissive."
Li Shi's old figure faltered again...
He didn't say much. After being stunned for a long time, he lowered the car curtain and walked away.
The waiter carried a dim lamp to lead the way. They walked to a small hill and stood beside the stone, looking at the brilliant fireworks gathered at the foot of the hill. It is late at night, and the stars are embedded in the dark sky. The overlapping mountains in the distance outline a light arc in the moonlight. The jackdaws in the north have not yet flown away, but are still taunting on the branches. Hearing this sound, I feel this The scenery, but unconsciously feeling sad.
Standing with hands on the back of the stone, raising his head and looking at the bright moon, at this time, a deft girl from unknown family played a flute tune, melodious, poignant and long-lasting. The long-lasting lingering sound echoed in the mottled green shade, and the people standing there Tears already filled my eyes.
"I,...I am over forty years old! My wife passed away too..." He counted on his fingers, but did not say any more.
"It's been a few years!"
"The second girl is my heart and soul. She looks like her mother, so much! I just want her to marry someone comfortably, but I don't know that the facts have tortured her to this point over the years."
The waiter didn't know how to answer, so he lowered his head and remained silent.
"Zhang Rulin is a good boy. The men of the Zhang family are all motivated people. Of course I want Ru'er to marry into the Zhang family, but... the Gao family has already made an arrangement with the Zhang family, and now they plan to call me Ru'er. What should I do if I become a concubine?"
"She is pregnant, and she said it is difficult to find a suitable family. I am afraid that she will suffer if she marries someone from a lowly family. What should I do if she marries someone from a high family and wants a daughter?"
"I don't know what to do..."
The waiter bowed his head, rolled his eyes, and said: "Master, Master, now is not the time to choose the third girl. If you are worried that she will not live well, and you want to marry under your nose, then... then the Zhang family Didn’t I say that? Even if the third girl is a concubine, she is the same as a real lady."
"Three girls, Bi
She is actually pregnant with another family's child. Who would be willing to marry a pregnant woman as his wife? "As he spoke, he came in again and whispered in his ear: "Just like your stepmother (stepwife), she was pregnant when she entered the Li family, so you took her as your concubine first!"
Shi's face was covered with vicissitudes of life, and his old body was no longer as upright as his youth. He looked at the full moon and sighed.
Turn around again and take a few steps.
"She is pregnant with the king's heir and will join the Zhang family in the future. How much pain will she and the baby suffer?"
"The King of England will take the child back of his own accord. The King of England has no heirs yet..." the waiter advised.
"Let's watch again!" Shi paused and left. He walked very fast, following the weedy path.
Li Shi walked away unsuspectingly, and suddenly he noticed something. As a military general, he was about to pull out the sword he carried with him, but he touched his waist left and right, but the sword was nowhere to be found. went. After a while, there was no movement everywhere, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, he relaxed like this. Four or five skilled men in black ran towards him from all around, holding very conspicuous sticks in their hands and swung at him. .
The tassel under the lamp carried by the waiter was twisted on the branches. The man stopped to untie it and looked up again. Li Shi had already gone away and disappeared. He hurriedly stepped forward but saw no one in all directions. shouted in the forest.
"My lord, my lord! Where are you?"
The eagle cooed on the branch, the sound was hollow and scary.
"Master, slave is here! Master!"
At this time, I suddenly heard a noise in front of me, and the waiting person trotted forward, and saw several figures flashing past, hurriedly carrying something and running away.
The waiting people were shocked, realizing that Li Shi might be captured, so they ran back to find someone for help with a lamp in their hands, walking in the dark randomly, and then arrived at the place where the Li family's team gathered. They saw Xianke standing far away from the carriage. I was in a daze next to the green bush, then staggered and ran over.
"Shiro, the master has been captured, and a large group of people are armed with sticks!"
Twelve-year-old Xianke's first reaction was to look at the team in front and say: "You take a few people to find daddy first. I will bring some people with my elder brother to find daddy in a moment! Hurry up!"
The waiter was disturbed and hurriedly called a few people, then hurriedly went to look for him. At the inn, he jumped on his horse and called his maid Cui He as usual, and headed into the dim woods ahead.
The horse ran very fast. After running for a while, Xianke suddenly pulled the rein of the horse and stopped in place, staring blankly at the dark forest.
Cui He, who was riding behind him, stopped and asked, "Young Master, what's wrong with you? Why don't you leave?"
Xianke never replied.
"Young Master, leave quickly! My master is in danger!"
But he pulled the reins and taught the horse to turn its head, feeling confused and guilty.
"I..., I don't want to call eldest brother, daddy...just let it be like this!"
Cui He was shocked. She had never expected that Xian, who was once very well-behaved and sensible, would be like this.
"Shiro, why? Human lives are at stake now!"
With that said, Cuihe anxiously trained the horse and prepared to leave. Ke Xianke said: "No...you are not allowed to go. It is not good for my father to treat my second sister like this. I don't want to save him at all. I don't want to go." go!"
"I am just a sister. She suffered like this while carrying a baby, and she almost... I will not forgive my father, I will not forgive him."
"Young Master, this matter is over. The master's life and death are not his alone, but also the entire Li family. I beg you to let me go find the eldest young master!"
"No..., I won't let you go!"
"Xian'er!"
"Stop calling me! I won't let you go."
Cui He raised his voice to the highest level and shouted: "Li Xianke!"
The two were quiet for a while.
"Do you know what you are talking about? If the second girl was by your side, would she let you be like this? This is a personal matter, huh? If the master has any shortcomings, what will happen to the Li family? Can you still be that high and mighty person? , a noble son born in Imperial College?"
She is like an oriole
The clear and firm voice echoed in the forest, and in the dim dusk, there was a burst of crows. Xianke's upright shoulders slumped down and he looked at the reins in his hands.
Cui He chased away with a whip and disappeared into the forest with a disappointed expression.
Seeing this, he followed her and went to look for Li Kuike with her.
Here, Li Shi was carried into the deep bushes by three or four masked men. His head was wrapped in black linen, and his mouth was wrapped in several layers of coarse cloth. His hands and feet were tied with hemp ropes. His dark arms had veins popping out. Struggling hard.
Those people lifted up his face and surrounded him, laughing and sarcastic.
"Master Li, aren't you a Zhengzheng general?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Have you ever been so embarrassed?"
The sarcastic looks and actions of Li Shitan and the others already figured out their intentions. His gray beard and hair hung down, circling feebly in the cold wind, and he said angrily: "You are the ones sent by that damn girl to block me. ? Don’t forget to give that dead girl a message before you take action. I must repay you for today’s revenge!”
After the words fell, several people looked at each other: "Master Li, please calm down. Who is right or wrong, right or wrong? The sky has eyes, and the sun and moon can tell. Good people will be rewarded, and bad people will be punished!"
After saying that, one of them raised his arms and struck Li Shi with a stick, hitting Li Shi's strong arm. The sound of the swing was very harsh, but fortunately the force was controlled, and he only trembled for a while. Several people here followed suit. He swung the stick, one person at a time, and kept swinging at his back, shoulders, and legs. He was beaten until his waist could no longer stand up straight, and he fell to the ground.
It wasn't until Kuike brought people to look for him that those few people fled away without fear after hearing the noise. They walked away with arrogance and soon disappeared into the jungle. When Kui Ke found him later, the brocade clothes on his body were in tatters, and he could barely move without being supported.
Seeing this, Kui immediately sent people to chase him, but he stopped him with one hand, and just waited for others to give up!
From then on, until Li Shi arrived at his hometown in Liaoyang, he never got off the carriage. His food and accommodation were only served by waiters, and his injuries were diagnosed and treated by dedicated personnel.
When interested people asked about it, Li Shi just said a few perfunctory words that it was a gangster who was doing evil.
Xianke's attitude towards Li Shi also changed greatly from then on, and he was no longer as filial as before.
Li Shi's outcome should have been determined long ago.
That year at Li's Mansion in Huining, he drugged a cup of Qingya, causing her to lose her virginity overnight and trampling on her dignity. When his step-wife was ill, he spoke harshly to her, making her such a beautiful woman of unrivaled youth. He dotes on his three daughters, but treats his adopted daughter as a pawn, trampling on her again and again. During her pregnancy, she was beaten with sticks and bad words, which eventually led to a big mistake.
"All people in the world are affectionate and righteous? Yes, dad is affectionate and righteous, but he just doesn't love me!" This is what Qingya said on a spring night in Jinan Mansion, leaning on the railing in memory of her mother.
It's a pity that the love of the world can't be explained clearly, but in the end, he was punished.
