"Master, run quickly, Second Mistress is going to attack you!"
Deng Fang stopped waving the wooden knife in his hand, turned around and looked back, and sure enough he found a fat man in a brown coat running towards him, shouting.
Although the little fat man was bloated, he was running very fast at the moment and arrived at Deng Fang's side soon.
"Young... Young Master, run quickly, Second Mistress is looking for someone to harm you!"
Deng Fang gritted her teeth and cursed fiercely: "You old ladies, my father has only passed away for a hundred days, and she is so anxious to do something to me?!"
In anger, Deng Fang threw the wooden knife in his hand to the ground. With a "pop", the wooden knife broke into two pieces.
The little fat man's breath had calmed down a lot at this time. He glanced at the wooden knife on the ground, raised his head and said to Deng Fang, "I just heard the second mistress discussing with others outside the house, offering five hundred taels to buy your life."
"Five hundred taels? Hahaha! This bitch is really looking down on others. If I get a share of the family's property, it will be more than a million taels." Deng Fang laughed out loud in anger.
The little fat man lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then advised Deng Fang: "Master, a good man will not suffer the consequences of his life. Now that the master is gone, no one can protect you, so you'd better not go back home."
With that said, the little fat man took out a handful of banknotes and some scattered silver from his arms, and stuffed them into the collar of Deng Fang's robe.
Deng Fang looked down and was immediately stunned.
These banknotes amounted to several thousand taels, enough for his second wife to kill him seven or eight times.
"Where did you get all these banknotes?" Deng Fang asked the little fat man with his eyes widened.
The little fat man chuckled and scratched the back of his head: "Hey, my father is the accountant of our Deng Mansion, so this little banknote is nothing."
"Are you...are you crazy? You stole the money from the house and didn't let anyone break your legs if the news spread?"
Although Deng Fang's mouth was full of complaints, she was very moved in her heart.
There were tears in his eyes, and his hands had already grasped the little fat man's arms, shaking them constantly.
The little fat man laughed naively: "Haha, it's okay! If anyone asks, I'll just tell you that you took it secretly from the cabinet. Isn't that okay?"
"ah?"
Deng Fang looked at the little fat man and stayed where he was, speechless for a moment.
"Master, let's go quickly. Second Mistress knows you are here. If she drags you to an uninhabited area, she can be killed with just one knife. You can get out of the city quickly."
The little fat man pushed Deng Fang and told him to leave quickly, but Deng Fang was a little reluctant to leave.
"Master, there are still many days ahead of you. If you can make a name for yourself outside, Mistress-in-law will not be able to do anything to you!"
With tears in her eyes, Deng Fang nodded. Looking at the partner who had been with him for more than ten years, he felt cruel and turned around to run out of the city.
And behind him, the little fat man shouted again: "Master, I'm waiting for you to come back! No matter what others think of you, you will always be the young master of our Deng family in my heart!"
The tears in Deng Fang's eyes couldn't stop flowing out, but his footsteps became faster and faster, and he disappeared from here after a while.
After running out of the city in one breath, Deng Fang was exhausted, but his pace never slowed down.
Looking back at the city gate behind her, Deng Fang felt bitter in her heart.
He thought of his miserable mother, who was originally just a servant girl of the Deng family, but she became pregnant with her during a drunken revelry outside the Deng family.
However, Member Deng was not even willing to give her the title of "concubine". Not long after giving birth to Deng Fang, he hanged himself because he could not bear the reputation of "climbing high and shameless" among the people.
But his father, who is extremely wealthy, does not want to see him from the bottom of his heart. If he were not a boy, he might not even have the chance to be named "Deng".
He also thought of his eldest and second mothers, as well as several brothers, who had been wary of him since he was born. They were afraid that Deng Fang would get a share of the family property, and they guarded him every day as if they were guarding against thieves.
Even the servants in the house only regard him as half a young master.
All kinds of past events came to mind, and Deng Fang hated these worrying days. He imagined in his heart that one day he would be famous all over the world, and those who had bullied him would kneel in front of him.
Fantasy is always happy. However, at this moment, a small fork in the road appeared, pulling him back to reality.
He stopped and looked at the two roads, one large and one small, and became entangled.
The main road leads to Kangzhou City, but this trail leads to Li Yuancheng.
There is not much difference between the two cities, but because the trail is a mountain road and the distance is much longer, there are not many people there on weekdays.
After thinking about it, Deng Fang suddenly got into the path.
"Want to buy my life? Come on!"
Deng Fang went on the trail and entered the mountain not long after. In addition, it was already getting late and the cold wind was whistling in the mountains. Deng Fang felt a little frightened, so she slowed down and started walking slowly.
Picking up a fairly thick branch from the ground and carrying it on her shoulders, Deng Fang felt a little more at ease.
As night falls, a sixteen-year-old boy walks alone in the mountains, and it is inevitable that he will feel fear.
"Hiss...there aren't ghosts in this mountain, are there?"
"But I'm so angry, I should be fine!"
By midnight, Deng Fang had been walking in the mountains for nearly two hours, feeling cold and hungry.
"When we get to the top of the mountain, find a place to rest for a while." Deng Fang looked at the dark forest beside him, fearful of the wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountain, and didn't want to continue the journey.
As they walked, Deng Fang finally saw an open space on the top of the mountain through the moonlight. Deng Fang used the branches on his shoulders to support his tired body and walked forward unsteadily.
When he arrived at the clearing, Deng Fang looked around and found that there was a cliff next to it. When he looked around, he found that he had climbed so high without knowing it.
"Huh", his body paralyzed, Deng Fang sat on the ground, gasping for air, finally able to rest.
At night in the mountains, the moonlight is charming.
While Deng Fang was admiring the moonlight, a strange voice suddenly came from behind: "Little brother, please do me a favor."
"Oh my god!" Deng Fang shouted, jumped up, held the branch in his hand, and looked back.
"beggar?"
It turned out to be an old man!
This man was dressed in rags and linen clothes, his hair was messy on his shoulders, he was skinny, and he looked very embarrassed.
Deng Fang frowned and took a closer look at the old man, only to find that his face was full of blackness and he looked like he was about to die soon.
"Help? What help?" Deng Fang asked in a low voice.
"Lend me your stick. I can't walk on such a high mountain. I have to turn around. Hehe!"
After discovering that it was not a ghost, Deng Fang breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "Are you a beggar?"
"Hmm...ah? No, I'm a first-class peerless master!" The old man was a little surprised, spread his hands, and explained quickly.
Deng Fang couldn't believe what he heard.
"A first-class peerless master? Is it just your virtue?"
The old man trotted forward two steps, nodded repeatedly, bent over and responded with a smile: "Yes, yes, it's just my virtue!"
Deng Fang was amused by the old man and laughed out loud. He held a branch in one hand, put one hand on his hip, and said teasingly: "Really? Then show me your hands."
The old man was slightly startled, looked at Deng Fang, blinked, and then raised his fist at Deng Fang: "Okay! Since little brother wants to see it, I'll show it off!"
The next moment, the old man suddenly reached out and grabbed one of Deng Fang's arms. He turned around, jumped up, and led Deng Fang off the cliff.
At this moment, the top of the mountain returned to its previous state, complete with silence.
But from the cliff on the side, Deng Fang's heart-rending shouts came out.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
