I am fish

A Lai and her mother, who were covered in wounds, were pushed into the firewood room and locked up, with four tall and strong house slaves guarding them outside.

A Lai was worried about her mother, and asked her if she was hurt.

"This little injury is not a problem." Xiao Shi didn't care much about her own injury. She tied Alai's hair back and lifted her clothes. She saw that her delicate body was covered in bruises, and the corners of her mouth were also covered in Liuniang's nails. scratched.

Xiao's heart ached, she hugged her gently and said: "It's me, Ah Lai, who is suffering."

"Ah Lai is not bitter. This is nothing compared to the injuries my mother suffered when she taught me martial arts."

"Shh." Xiao Shi signaled her to speak in a low voice, so that people outside would not hear her.

Xiao Shi tidied up her daughter's clothes and told her to sit down, not in a hurry, waiting for something.

Locking up Alai's mother and daughter, Xie Suishan was restless.Seeing that Yao Shi hadn't returned to the house, he could only bite the bullet and go up to make amends: "My son is incompetent, let mother worry about it."

The maidservant had already brought over the uneaten cheese, and Yao Shi cut the cheese into pieces with a small silver spoon: "Don't talk about these useless things. Your father will be back in two days. He's dead, and the most urgent thing right now is to solve the problem of refugees, otherwise, I'm afraid disaster will come before the merits are invited. I heard that He Xiancheng and the governor went to the eastern suburbs today, have you ever sent someone to follow?"

Xie Suishan was startled: "The governor is here?!"

Mrs. Yao secretly sighed, and had already guessed that his son would reply in this way: "Before your father left, he repeatedly told you to think twice before doing things. Fortunately, you stole his talisman, not to mention that you didn't even know that the inspector governor came. .You vowed to open the gates of the city to release the refugees back then, how will it end now?"

Xie Suishan hurriedly said: "Son, I know I was wrong. It's because my son didn't think carefully about this matter. My son has sent people to gather and control those refugees. People from the county government have also been dispatched. It is said that Lin County has dispatched some advanced soldiers. "

"I'm afraid it's too late to tighten the control now. The governor is in Qi County now, so there's no guarantee that Sun Mingyi won't blame our Xie family for this disaster. Not to mention the outside world, even if your father comes back tomorrow for the death of the fourth aunt, you will have difficulty explaining it." He loves Fourth Aunt, you and I both know it."

Xie Sui's mountain was like stagnant water. After "this" for a long time, he whispered: "Fourth Aunt's death is in the final analysis caused by her running around. What kind of blessings did she go to pray for when refugees entered the city? Isn't it to please father! Then Alai I don't know if you follow the protector, sincerely make me unlucky!"

Yao Shi glared at him, and he quickly shut up and didn't say any more. After searching around, he didn't see Mr. Yunmeng.

"Mother, son, go to Mr. Yunmeng for some advice."

Yao shi said, "Go."

Xie Suishan immediately went to Mr. Yunmeng's study, and the maid beside Yao said, "Ma'am, don't worry too much. The fourth aunt went out today, and the wife persuaded her. It was the fourth aunt who insisted on going to Wang's house, and Mr. Xie did not." I really want to blame Madam. If you want me to say, Hades wanted her to die in the third watch, how could he keep her in the fifth watch?

Yao shi sucked a piece of cheese, and after it melted, he said slowly: "It's fate, and it shouldn't be at such a critical moment. After seeing these filthy things, I can't sleep at night. You ask someone to cook some cypress Dispense the soup."

"Yes."

Xie Suishan walked halfway, the more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt.

Although Mr. Yunmeng is his teacher, in the final analysis he is a staff member of the Xie family, and he gets the salary from his father Xie Taihang. Mr. Yunmeng is definitely on his father's side in the matter of Fourth Aunt, and might persuade him to go Apologize to your father.At the beginning, he studied well with the female teacher, but his father insisted on saying that men and women could not get along with each other and drove the female teacher away, so he put a bad old man as his teacher.

Can't go to Mr. Yunmeng.

Xie Suishan stayed in the corridor for a long time, and finally decided to find a substitute.

Alai is the most suitable candidate.As a slave, he slipped away alone regardless of his master's life or death. It is reasonable to regret afterwards and apologize with death.In this way, the fourth aunt's death was punished, and he was nothing more than a young and careless mistake.

OK, just do it.

"Come on!"

The slaves heard the sound and came.

"Where are the gardeners, mother and daughter?"

"Return to the young master, lock it in the firewood room according to the young master's order, and wait for the young master to send it."

"Okay." Pulling out the knife at his waist, the blade was shining white, and Xie Suishan's face showed killing intent.

He rushed into the firewood room with his servants, lifted Alai out and pressed him to the ground, and put the knife behind her slender neck:

"You are a disloyal and lowly slave who is greedy for life and afraid of death. You took my Xie family's salary and killed your master! Today I will clean up the house for Xie's family and send you to apologize to Fourth Aunt!"

A Lai struggled desperately, but her strength was surprisingly strong, and the two adult slaves pressed her hard, but she couldn't suppress it.

Seeing that she still dared to resist, Xie Suishan held his long knife high and was about to cut it off. Xiao Shi stood in front of Alai:

"Alai is young, if you want to kill me, kill me! I am willing to pay for my fourth aunt!"

Xie Suishan laughed strangely: "Do you think I will spare your life?" He pointed at Xiao's nose angrily, "I have long wanted to tear you into pieces, an ugly woman who tarnished my father's name! Today is just right, Clean up your pair of pickled things together, and our Xie Mansion will be much cleaner in the future!"

Facing Xie Suishan, Dao Xiao didn't even blink his eyes, but when the man holding a knife and shouting to kill confronted her tit for tat, an indescribable coolness passed through his heart.

Seeing that Xie Suishan hadn't fallen for a long time with the knife, the house slave couldn't help but elbowed him behind his waist.Xie Suishan came back to his senses, raised the knife again, and was about to chop it down with a loud shout.

The sound of breaking the wind came from nowhere, and the sound of whipping on the flesh was accompanied by Xie Suishan's scream.

The steel knife fell to the ground, Xie Suishan took a few steps back while covering his hand with a red and swollen welt, and was about to shout and curse, but he saw his younger sister A Xun standing at the door of the firewood room holding an exquisite whip.

"You! You dare to hit me!" Xie Suishan was in unbearable pain from this blow, and there were many grudges between him and Ah Xun, and he was even more annoyed at this moment.

This Ah Xun is about fifteen or sixteen years old, because he has been practicing martial arts all year round, he is strong and slender, and his shots are quite sharp.For the convenience of movement, the black silk from the head to the waist is coiled into a bundle behind the head, which is firmly covered by a net bag with a steel wire on the outer eaves, and the temples are stained with melted snow.She has an oval face with thin eyebrows and thin lips. She is a standard beauty, but she is born to be good at work for Xie's family all the year round. Her skin is tanned like wheat, and her red sandalwood dress seems to have the chill of a snowy night.

"I offended you in a hurry, please forgive me." Ah Xun said so, but his tone didn't mean to apologize at all.Xie Suishan picked up the long knife and was about to tear her apart tonight, but Mr. Yunmeng showed up at an untimely time and advised him, "Young master, don't be impulsive."

"This is my housework! Sir, don't meddle in it!" Xie Suishan was so excited that the pores of his body were dilated at this time, and he wanted to rush up and kill him. Anyone who obstructed him would be killed together!

Anger lingered in his heart, but Mr. Yunmeng's words poked him straight.

Mr. Yunmeng said slowly: "Mr. Xie Ming asked me to invite you to meet him in the front hall."

Hearing his father's name, Xie Suishan loosened his hand and almost dropped the knife.

"Father...Father came back so early?" He was really stupid, Ah Xun who went to Yanzhou with his father was right in front of him, so why should his father come back?

Mr. Yunmeng nodded slightly, and a drop of snow water gathered on his chin dripped down.

The servants all looked at the eldest son.Xie Suishan turned his eyes around the crowd twice in bewilderment, retracted the long knife, knocked Ah Xun away, and walked quickly to the front hall.

"Alai, are you okay?" Ah Xun put away the Linglong whip and helped Alai up from the ground.I thought I would be frightened by this, but the 12-year-old Alai must have cried a lot.Unexpectedly, Alai shook his head and said calmly:

"I'm fine, sister don't worry."

Ah Xun glanced at Xiao Shi who was standing aside, the calmness of the mother and daughter at the moment of life and death was beyond her expectation.

Mr. Yunmeng hurried to Qi County a hundred miles away to inform her and her father about the refugees entering the city and what happened in Xie's mansion, saying that the eldest son wanted to put Xiao's mother and daughter to death.After hearing this, Ah Xun broke her whip, and hurried home against the wind and snow like a thunder, and rescued them in time.She had seen Xie Suishan's ferocious appearance with her own eyes, and if she was a step late, the consequences would be disastrous.

Ah Xun saw that the corners of Alai's mouth were terribly red and swollen, and there was blood still oozing from the mouth. When he stretched out his hand to touch Alai lightly, he gasped in pain.

Ah Xun said: "Follow me, come to my room and give you some medicine."

Ah Xun led the mother and daughter back to the house, while Xie Suishan rushed to the front hall and before he could see his father clearly, Xie Taihang flew a teacup over his forehead and sprayed hot tea and tea stems on his face.

"A stupid thing that doesn't know how to live or die!" Xie Taixing was so angry that his long beard stood on end, "Do you know how much trouble you have caused! You actually stole my talisman and opened the city gate indiscriminately! Why didn't you consult with Mr. Yunmeng before you act! You are dead How many lives have you counted?!"

Xie Suishan knelt down with a "plop" and tried to explain: "Father calm down, the child is thinking about the current famine situation, the Holy Majesty must make an order..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Taixing stepped on his shoulder and kicked him to the ground: "You don't know how much you weigh?! You haven't done a single thing since you were a child! Now you dare to speculate on the holy will ? Are you going to piss me off!"

Yao Shi came over and stroked Xie Taixing's chest to let him calm down: "Isn't Chengyi also trying to win some merit for Xie's family?"

Cheng Yi is Xie Suishan's surname, he happened to be weak this year, and his surname has just started.

"What merits are you fighting for! Just take care of him! It's so stupid! Even your sister is worse!" Xie Taihang was really angry, and even Yao's consolation didn't work.

"Look at you, isn't it because you always say that he is not as good as Ah Xun, so he does everything possible to make some achievements, so that you can change your view of him? Cheng Yi has a good heart."

"No matter how good your heart is on a fool, you can only do bad things!" Xie Taixing shouted, "Come on! Drag him into the ancestral hall for me! Family law to serve!"

Yao Shi saw that he was determined to punish his son, so he stopped obstructing him, and gave Xie Suishan a wink, which meant "just accept it".

Xie Suishan kicked all the servants away, snorted coldly and went to the ancestral hall by himself.

"Look at this unworthy man, he's getting more and more outrageous! Is this the attitude he should have! He doesn't even know what absurd thing he has done!" Xie Taixing came back after driving a hundred miles away, already extremely exhausted, Being so annoyed by his son was even more frustrating, and he sat heavily on the chair and asked to refill the tea.

Yao Shi also had a headache, but she had something more to worry about: "Didn't Mr. Lang come back tomorrow? Why did you come back in such a hurry overnight?"

"If I don't come back, I'm afraid the whole Suichuan is not enough for him to build!"

Yao shi glanced at Mr. Yunmeng who had been silent for some time, the blush on his face after strenuous exercise had not faded.Needless to say anything, Yao already understood.

Xiao did not go to Ah Xun's room, saying that there was still some work to be done in the flower garden, and her injury was not serious, so she only asked Ah Lai to go with her.

Seeing his mother limping away, Ah Lai was in a daze.

She and Xiao's fearlessness in the face of Xie Suishan's knife is not because they are not afraid of death, but because Xiao's preparedness has long been prepared.

As early as when she came home and informed the fourth aunt of the loss of contact, the mother deduced that the fourth aunt might not escape the disaster this time, and even Xie Suishan knew that Xie Suishan would kill their mother and daughter, so Only then did he make a decisive decision to reach some kind of agreement with Mr. Yunmeng.

Ah Lai didn't know what they had agreed on. At that time, her mother asked her to wait outside the door, so she didn't want to peep behind the curtain and listen.But I can feel that this agreement must be very attractive to Mr. Yunmeng, otherwise he, a frail scholar, would not be willing to risk the risk of being a refugee for this agreement and gallop on a snowy night.

Fortunately, my mother listened to the sound and asked Mr. Yunmeng to leave early. Xie Taihang and his sister Ah Xun came back just in time.

Connecting all the things that are seen in his eyes and clarifying them silently, Alai admires his mother who is silent but strategizing even more.

Arriving in Ah Lai's smoking room, the familiar scent of incense slowly eased Ah Lai's tense mood.

Ah Xun asked her to sit on the side of the couch, turned over the medicine box, and helped her apply it.

"The older you are, the bolder you become. There are people-eating thieves everywhere outside, and you dare to run all over the city to find people." Ah Xun reprimanded her in a different tone than the mistress and the others. It's not the arrogance of the slave, but the care and worry of the elder sister for the younger sister.

No one in the Xie family, except the prostitute A Xun, regarded A Lai as the blood of Xie's family, and they were even ashamed to speak of it.But Ah Xun is different.Even in front of outsiders, Ah Xun let her directly address her as "sister".So in Xie's house, besides his mother, Ah Lai is only close to Ah Xun.

Ah Xun has practiced martial arts all year round, and there are few carmines from ordinary daughters' homes in the room, but there are all kinds of medicinal materials for bruises.She helped Alai put the ointment on the corner of his mouth. The ointment was cool and quickly dispelled the acrid feeling of the wound.

"It's a pity that the fourth aunt was not rescued in the end." Ah Lai thought about the past when his mother said that the fourth aunt rescued their mother and daughter in times of crisis, and he still feels ashamed of what happened today.

Ah Xun did not continue the topic of Fourth Aunt, for her, the affairs of the backyard were trivial matters that should not consume energy.She continued to rummage through the medicine box and said casually:

"There are also many injuries on your body. Take off your clothes and sister will give you medicine."