Zhucheng is located in the most remote part of the western border, bordering Leran on three sides and only bordering Fuxi Mansion on the east.
Its original name was Baoxiang City. Fifty years ago, when Dayong and Leran were in peace, it was the most prosperous commercial city with access to all directions. There was an endless stream of merchants and travelers, and rare treasures could be seen everywhere.
Later, there was a war between the two countries. Although the city had Feiliguan as a screen in front of it, it was also a place where friction often occurred. There were many losses and many losses. The people in the city suffered from the precarious life and fled one after another.
The imperial court gradually used this place to exile prisoners to perform corvées. After a second look, the city couldn't match the two noble characters "Bao" or "Xiang", so it changed its name to Zhucheng.
Perhaps because he felt that managing this area was not worth the gain, and there was a turbulent Tujiang River between Zhucheng and Fuxi Mansion, making it impossible to attack the western part of the country, he almost gave up on it.
Later, in addition to the exiled prisoners, many desperadoes gradually gathered here, and the old, weak, women and children who were unable to pay taxes to make a living also fled here.
Therefore, in addition to being "famous in all directions" because of its poverty, Zhucheng is also known as a fierce city.
It was approaching noon, and the guard at the city gate was so sleepy that he dozed off. No one came or went in and out of the place, so he leaned on the gatehouse and slept with his gun in his arms. A Si opened his eyelids and saw a tall, strong, fierce-looking woman with a gun. A rope holds someone.
It’s not certain that it’s a human. It’s also very possible that it’s a monkey. The other person is less than four feet tall. It’s almost winter. He’s still wearing coarse linen clothes that are almost in pieces. They’re dirty and smelly. He could probably remove two kilograms of soil with a duster. , so thin that the exposed wrists are like branches, and they break easily when you break them. The hair reaches the shoulders, and is messy and balled up.
He also seemed to be afraid of the light. He kept bending over and lowering his head. When he met everyone's eyes, he dodged and was very frightened.
This man and the monkey look suspicious.
"Stop!" Ah Si stepped forward to stop them with piercing eyes, "Where did they come from? What are they doing? Show me your ID card."
The mother-in-law pulled a rope, pulled the monkey behind her, and kicked the monkey again, "Zhucheng has arrived."
The monkey seemed to have been touched by some keyword. He raised his head suddenly, which startled Si. The eyes that took up almost half of his face shone out from the chaos. He quickly lowered his head and opened his mouth, but he could no longer say no. He could only speak a few words with difficulty in his throat: "Slave... looking for..."
Jiang Yue was afraid that the other party would be impatient, so she hurriedly took out the token from her arms and stuffed it into his hand: "Looking for... someone..."
Anyone who has just seen a thin person between a monkey and a skeleton will shudder, and Ah Si is no exception. Sweat broke out on his forehead: "Who are you looking for?"
"Nie... Zhao..." When Jiang Yue squeezed out these two words, her voice and body were trembling, and she could feel the beating of her heart after a long time.
After many attempts to escape and the beatings, the soul she had thrown away gradually returned to her body, trembling helplessly. Her dead body secreted saliva and tears again, her palms were sweating. Please, please, I must, must find him. , she was left with the only person she could rely on.
After she said the name, the other person's face changed, and his body trembled with her. He dropped the token to the ground with a "click", then quickly picked it up and wiped it. He closed his long mouth manually and asked again: "Who are you looking for? Nie Zhao?"
That woman was Grandma Ding. She stared at Jiang Yue sadly and licked her lips.
According to her, in a place as ferocious as Zhucheng, if a child in his early ten years could survive here, especially if he was a spoiled child, he was afraid that Mr. Nie Xiaolang would have turned into a pile of bones long ago.
The eunuch gave her money and wanted to torture her to the extreme and then kill her in front of her fiancé. If her fiancé couldn't be found, he could just find a place to kill her. The Jiang family asked her to send her to Zhucheng helps her find a fiancé.
The only good thing about her is trustworthiness. She abused Jiang Yue all the way, and after reaching the city, she helped Jiang Yue find someone to kill him. This not only satisfied the requirements of the prefect, but also satisfied the requirements of the Jiang family.
Jiang Yue noticed her gaze - it was a sign that she was about to be beaten. Her skin tightened and her breathing became rapid.
Ah Si touched his nose in shock: "What is your relationship with Nie Zhao? Do you have to find him?"
"He, he is the slave's fiancé..." Jiang Yue said anxiously. He seemed to know Nie Zhao?
Crazy, really crazy, Nie Zhao’s fiancée? Nie Zhao still has a fiancée? Nie Zhao's fiancée is actually a monkey?
Ah, no, crazy, not a monkey... but a little girl who talks sourly and talks "slavely".
Are there any benefits to marrying Nie Zhao?
Ah Si's mind was buzzing. He never thought that someone like Nie Zhao could have a fiancée.
"Do you have to find him?" Ah Si squeezed out a few words through his teeth, trying to persuade Jiang Yue.
Although Jiang Yue's voice was small, she was extremely determined: "If you can't find him, I will die."
Okay, Ah Si, shut up and don’t mention it again.
Besides, it would be nice for her to stay, ten years old? Still nine years old? Zhucheng has a new kid! ! ! When new young people arrive, he will naturally welcome them! Young people are the future of Zhucheng!
After seven or eight years, she would marry her Nie Zhao and have several new children...
This deal was all profitable and harmless. He looked back and looked at Jiang Yue up and down with eager eyes. The abacus in his mind was pounding, and he coughed twice: "Okay, I'll take you there." The young people in the city are all taken advantage of, and every one who can be left alone counts.
Jiang Yue was frightened by his bright eyes and took a few steps back, then hurriedly followed: "You... you are really... a good person..."
Ah Si's self-confidence and pride were overwhelming. Unexpectedly, she was quite good at talking. He patted his chest and said, "Although most of us in Zhucheng are people who are punished for their evil deeds, there are still a few people who look like Guanyin." For example, I, Ah Si, am number one on the list of good people who have left a good name in Zhucheng! Even if there is no conflict between good and evil, I will help anyone with all my heart! After all, the development of Zhucheng depends on everyone."
He spoke righteously and added many idioms to highlight his tall image.
Jiang Yue has never read a book, and it is easier to think of yourself as dead along the way. Now that he has just started to use his brain, it is all rusty. He can't tell what these four-letter words mean, so he feels that he is really awesome, really educated, and speaks well. They all jumped out in four words.
But she shouldn't talk to her husband. A woman who talks too much is noisy and chatty, which is against women's ethics, so she shut up and stopped talking to him. She just lowered her head and shrank her body as if she wanted to stuff her head into her stomach.
Aunt Ding followed the two of them, as dark as a ghost. She didn't expect that Mr. Nie Xiaolang was really alive.
Jiang Yue had no idea what the two people were thinking. She only knew that she was about to see Nie Zhao.
I heard that Nie Zhao's family was originally a high official, so he had read many books, so he must be a very kind, gentle and reasonable person.
At that time, as long as you stay with him, you will be able to eat, wear clothes, and no longer need to be beaten.
No, no, no, not so much, as long as you don't have to get beaten.
Ah Si led them into the city, heading towards more and more crowded places.
The buildings in Zhucheng incorporate many exotic styles, with carved beams and painted pillars, painted with gold, and exquisitely carved florets and flying immortals can be seen everywhere. They all reveal their splendor and grandeur. However, due to the war-torn conditions and the impoverishment of the region, they cannot be maintained. It shows a kind of decay after prosperity, with mottled paint and scars, which is shocking.
Jiang Yue followed Ah Si's steps and turned a corner, her vision suddenly opened up.
What he saw was a spacious street lined with shops. A large number of people were gathered around the street. Everyone was chatting animatedly. Ah Si pushed aside the crowd little by little and led them in.
Jiang Yue still lowered her head, shrinking back for fear that others would see her face, and even more afraid of being dragged by a man to kneel in the ancestral hall. She appeared outside the house before she was married, which was already very unruly.
Ah Si stood in the innermost circle and stopped, making room for Jiang Yue, pointing forward: "Here, the person is over there."
Jiang Yue followed his gaze and looked over timidly.
The young man was tall and tall, with an upright posture. He wore a white narrow-sleeved robe with black edges. The cuffs were tied with a pair of black wristbands. His waist was slender with a leather belt. His black hair was tied up high and followed his movements. Stroke gently.
He stood in front of a gorgeous wooden door with one hand on his hip, then raised three fingers with his left hand, and said in a slightly vague voice: "Three, two..."
Although his back was to the crowd, he could still feel what a handsome and handsome young man he was. He was so elegant and incompatible with this dilapidated building.
Jiang Yue grabbed the rope that tied her wrists, tears fell from her eyes, and she wiped them with her wrists.
If he likes to wear white, he must be a good person, not to mention he can count.
At this moment, in Jiang Yue's eyes, the young man seemed to be coated with a layer of golden light, which was extremely brilliant.
"one"
She felt that she was so lucky, everything went so smoothly, and she found her fiancé so easily. God was really blessing her.
Jiang Yue bowed to the Bodhisattva in her heart, and before she had time to admire his beautiful voice in her heart, she had already counted the last number and kicked open the door of the opposite shop neatly, crisply, skillfully and violently.
Dust flew everywhere and everyone retreated. Only Jiang Yue squatted on the spot holding her head, extremely frightened.
After a while, there was still the same beautiful and vague voice: "I, Nie Zhao, get out and pay back the money! Liang Wansan, don't be shameless, my patience is limited."
The moment she heard him announcing his door, something in Jiang Yue's heart suddenly broke.
Her good son-in-law, her beloved husband, her husband, her heaven, her earth, her only support, together with the clay-embodied Bodhisattva she had worshiped in her heart... were broken... broken together...
Before Jiang Yue could catch her breath, Liang Wansan finally ran out crying: "Mr. Nie, the year is not going well, and I really have no money to pay back. Please show me your kindness, my kindness..." He held his arms in his arms. Nie glanced at his thigh and quietly stuffed a piece of silver into his hand.
Nie Zhao chuckled, and the piece of grass in his mouth swayed.
He gently stuffed the silver into Liang Wansan's mouth, turned the dagger attached to his forearm twice in his palm, and drove it into his palm without hesitation. Liang Wansan's screams cut through the sky, which was terrifying.
Nie Zhao still smiled: "Oh? No money? Or do you want to pay back the money because you are an orphan and a widower? Bribing me is very rich.
I heard that your boss Liang is very impressive. Did you go to the Youlai Casino last night? Lost a jade ring? Did you lose because you knew your hand was going to be gone? Boss Liang knows things like a god. "
Liang Wansan's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief as to how he knew.
It hurt, it hurt too much. The slow pain brought him back to his senses. The opponent's dagger had been pulled out, and the blood splashed out in a beautiful arc, falling on the dusty ground with a pungent sweetness. , go straight into the heavenly caps of the people around you.
The dagger landed on his wrist and was about to cut it off. Liang Wansan trembled and kowtowed quickly, not daring to spit out the money in his mouth. He promised: "Pay it back, pay it back, pay it back tonight!"
Nie Zhao asked back: "Really?"
Liang Wansan nodded crazily: "Repay it, really return it."
Nie Zhao also asked: "Really?"
Liang Wansan nodded even more crazily: "It's really, really, more real than gold."
Nie Zhao immediately put away the dagger and wiped it with the other person's clothes. Then slowly, he raised his hand and patted his shoulder in a kind manner. He bit the dog's tail grass in his mouth and said stickyly: "Good morning." Come on, Lao Liang, don’t be afraid, just pay back the money, I’m scaring you, I won’t do anything to you, what kind of friendship do we have, right?”
Liang Wansan's forehead was covered with cold sweat and he didn't dare to move. His strong body shrank like a quail. Friendship, damn friendship, they met for the first time today...
Nie Zhao happened to tilt his head, and the sunlight fell on his face and Jiang Yue's eyes.
His facial features are cold, delicate and deep. They should be as cold as spring, making people look away and amazed, but he has cherry-pink lips and a pair of softly curved peach blossom eyes. He is always smiling, and his smile melts into his eyes. Among them, but if you look closely, you can see that under the slightly curved eyelashes, the eyes are still cold, and the whole person is filled with unspeakable surprise and cruelty.
Jiang Yue only knows now that he is a gangster, a terrible gangster. He collects debts and kicks down other people's doors. He is not gentle, unkind, unreasonable, and has unstable moods. He is smiling one moment, and wants to be chopped off the next. A person's hand becomes a brother to another person in the next moment...
Nie Zhao was completely opposite to all the images he had expected, and something more terrifying than a broken dream happened.
She stared blankly at the blood on the ground, covering her mouth with nausea, unable to think of her miserable life in the future.
Whether she is with such a fiancé or a mother-in-law, it is the same. They will beat people, they are both fierce, and they will cut off her hands when they are unhappy. How should she deal with him? To please him?
Jiang Yue couldn't think of any good ideas in her mind, so she could only subconsciously recite women's virtues silently.
When she gets married and obeys her husband, she has no right to complain that her husband is not good enough. If her husband is not good enough, it means that the wife is not virtuous and has not advised him well. She should be considerate and tolerant of her husband, and then give him two sons to make him better...
But it really hurts to be beaten.
She felt that it would be better for her to hang herself at home in the spring than to have to face a future that was worse than death now.
Nie Zhao was about to leave, and the onlookers dispersed one after another. Jiang Yue still held on to her rags, unable to muster the courage.
go
Not going
go
Not going
go……
Mrs. Ding quietly stepped forward. This Mr. Nie Xiaolang is really cruel. If they really get entangled, she might not be a match. It's better not to wait for the two of them to recognize each other, she just drags him away and kills him.
Jiang Yue's mouth was covered by Mrs. Ding. Her eyes widened in horror, and she kept struggling, but she couldn't break away from the other party's shackles.
"Hey, um, that monkey, you didn't say that Nie Zhao was your fiancé. Why didn't you recognize him after everyone left?" A Si was watching the fun and excitement. The drama that was originally intended to collect debts came to an end. It was time to find her husband, but when he turned around, he saw Jiang Yue being dragged away, and he quickly shouted.
Oh, as for how Nie Zhao treated Liang Wansan?
Sprinkle water, how can there be any royal method in chasing a city? It's just a debt collection, such a gentle approach, even coaxing and scaring him. Nie San seems to be in a good mood today.
Ah Si's shouting attracted everyone present. Everyone looked at her. The only monkey-like person present was probably Jiang Yue who was being dragged.
The onlookers who were about to leave glanced back and forth at Nie Zhao and Jiang Yue, and automatically and consciously formed a circle around them.
Mrs. Ding couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat as everyone watched her, so she had no choice but to let go of her hand that was covering Jiang Yue.
