On the risks and benefits of falling in love with a prince

The chosen girl wept and left with the carriage.

Liu Rui asked, "Who is that?"

Zhao Tang gritted his teeth unconsciously, and said, "It's... from a brothel. People in bad years are cheap, so the bustards come to buy people."

Liu Rui shook his head and sighed, and continued to dig grass roots.Zhao Tang looked at Liu Zhenzhen from a distance, feeling sore and bitter in his heart.Liu Zhenzhen is really good and successful. Should mother listen to her?

The mother died of illness in vain, and she didn't know that her son sold her to save her life.

The grass roots they dug up this day were not enough to fit between their teeth.The next day, the two stayed in the hut, trying not to move, hoping that the Yellow Turban Army would retreat as soon as possible.

Liu Rui is so thin that his cheekbones protrude, his chin is pointed, and his eyes are bigger.He leaned on a stone and laughed in a low voice: "Unexpectedly, I starved to death."

Zhao Tang's heart ached.

On the third day, Liu Rui had no energy to go out to find food, and Zhao Tang went out alone, but couldn't find anything to eat.And Liu Zhenzhen still came in a fragrant car, she brought bread, one piece of bread for a big girl.The eldest girl's parents were so hungry that they were willing to sell a piece of cake.Zhao Tang stood in the distance for a long time, gritted his teeth and walked forward, smiling authentically, "Aunt Liu, do you still remember me?"

Liu Zhenzhen glanced at him and said with a smile: "Little gentleman, are you doing business? Although we don't need men in our yard, but you are so beautiful, I can take you to find Mama Wang."

Zhao Tang smiled dryly, "Aunt Liu, I am Zhao Tang, the son of Zhao Man'er."

Liu Zhenzhen's expression changed, she looked Zhao Tang up and down, her tone surprised: "Man'er's son? You little villain? You... where have you been for so many years, Aunt Liu thinks you are dead, do you know?"

Zhao Tang said: "Aunt Liu, I am desperate now, can you help me?"

Liu Zhenzhen said: "Nonsense, get in the car."

Zhao Tang said: "I... have a friend..."

Liu Zhenzhen smiled and said, "Are you married?"

Zhao Tang said: "He is... a man."

Liu Zhenzhen was dumbfounded, and frowned: "There are three unfilial acts, and no descendants are the biggest. Man'er put her life in it for you..."

Zhao Tang could only smile apologetically.Liu Zhenzhen waved her handkerchief and sighed, "Okay, bring it here!"

Zhao Tang didn't move, and knelt on the ground: "Aunt Liu, please don't tell him...my mother is...I told him that I am the grandson of the Marquis of Jichuan County..."

Liu Zhenzhen froze for a moment, her face slowly turned red, and she pointed at the tip of Zhao Tang's nose: "What's wrong with your mother? Did your mother lose you?"

Zhao Tang gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Liu Zhenzhen said: "Okay, go find your county marquis grandpa. I'm a prostitute, so I don't dare to talk to you." Saying this, she let the coachman go.

Zhao Tang knelt on the ground and said, "Then Aunt Liu will go out of the city in the future, don't forget to burn some paper for us."

Liu Zhenzhen jumped off the carriage, walked up to Zhao Tang, and slapped Zhao Tang across the face.

Five fingerprints appeared on Zhao Tang's face, and he looked up at Liu Zhenzhen with tears in his eyes.Liu Zhenzhen also cried: "You little bastard, Man'er managed to raise you up, you...do you have a conscience?"

Zhao Tang didn't speak, and let Liu Zhenzhen beat him.

Liu Zhenzhen slapped her several times, then stopped, the powder on her face was washed away by tears.She covered her face with a silk handkerchief, and said in a trembling voice: "What sin did Man'er do in her previous life... Let me ask you to be friends!"

Zhao Tang kowtowed to Liu Zhenzhen, got up and ran to the hut.On the way, his cheeks were hot, and his shame was stronger than Liu Zhenzhen's slap, making his skin tingle.Standing outside the thatched shed, he raised his head and blew the wind for a while, and then walked in after his mood calmed down. He smiled and said to Liu Rui: "Ruirui, I found a job, we can go to the city now!"

Liu Rui lay on the mat, opened his eyes when he heard this, and smiled weakly.Zhao Tang picked up Liu Rui and went to see Liu Zhenzhen.When Liu Zhenzhen saw the two, she pursed her lips and hummed, ordering them to follow behind the car.

They successfully entered the city, got a small woodshed in a brothel for shelter from the wind and rain, and received two bowls of porridge every day.

Linzhang City is overcrowded, food is expensive, houses are expensive, only people are worthless.It is a great kindness for the two young men to eat and live for free, so Liu Zhenzhen used the waste and assigned Zhao Tang to watch and train the newly bought young girl, and directed Liu Rui to chop firewood.

The big girls sold themselves for a piece of bread, but after eating the bread, they all regretted it when they thought that they would be reduced to prostitution for the rest of their lives.Zhao Tang beat them up one by one, and they didn't regret it.

Beating people takes a lot of energy, Zhao Tang has been beating for a whole day, and his back hurts.On the way back, he ran into the lady Huakui, and he leaned forward, telling jokes to her with a playful smile, and coaxed two pieces of tangerine peel candies.He chewed the candy and swayed back to the woodshed.

Outside the firewood room, Liu Rui was chopping firewood, and there was a pile of firewood of uneven thickness beside him. Liu Rui stood there, thin and small, holding a big axe, and chopping it down with a round circle.The firewood is split thick on one side and thinner on the other.Liu Rui was panting while leaning on the axe, his waist was bent, his trousers were empty, only his buttocks were full.

Zhao Tang walked over, patted Liu Rui's butt, and said with a smile, "You're so stupid, I'll do it!"

Liu Rui looked at Zhao Tang angrily, his face was sweaty, and his black hair was pasted on his forehead.Zhao Tang kissed him on the mouth and fed him the tangerine peel candy.Liu Rui blushed, and asked, "Where did I come from?" Zhao Tang smiled and said, "I was given as a gift from a troubled nobleman and handsome man."

Liu Rui smiled "puchi", supported his waist, and went back to the firewood room to rest.Zhao Tang was swinging an ax outside, chopping firewood bang bang.The moon is fine today and the shadows are clear.Looking at his own shadow, Zhao Tang felt like Wu Gang who was cutting laurel.Chang'e was stolen by him from the Jiuzhong Palace and hid in the dilapidated firewood house, where they could have a tryst later.

Thinking of it this way, his strength soared, and after finishing his work, he went back to his room to find Liu Rui.

It's a pity that there is only porridge for dinner.Both Zhao Tang and Liu Rui were not full.Lying on the straw at night, my stomach growled. Regarding that matter, the unified heart had more than enough energy but not enough energy, so I had no choice but to not do it.

Zhao Tang was quick-witted, sweet-mouthed, and soon became acquainted with the small kitchen workers, and sometimes he even brought back an extra steamed bun.The steamed buns became an unspoken signal—with steamed buns and physical strength, one would be happy at night.

On this day, Zhao Tang and Liu Rui went to get dinner together, and the kitchen was filled with fish soup, sauced duck, milk cake, grilled lamb chops...all rare and delicious.Xiao Gong pressed a small piece of grilled lamb chops to the bottom of Zhao Tang's bowl, and winked: "Don't say it."

Zhao Tang nodded and asked with a smile, "Is there any distinguished guest today?"

Xiaogong said: "It's not just the distinguished guests, all the officials in the yamen are here! I heard from them that the emperor died and the palace was taken by the Yellow Turban Army. These gentlemen are discussing surrender."

Zhao Tang was dumbfounded: "Really?"

Xiao Gong swears all over the world, adds many details, and says to Liu Rui: "Brother Liu, you have read the book, do you think the dynasty will change this time?" Liu Rui's face was pale, and his masseter muscles bulged , The phoenix eyes are wide open.He was shaking from teeth to knees, and his voice was firm: "Never."

After the words fell, he fell straight back and passed out.

Zhao Tang took Liu Rui back to the firewood room, flustered, and took care of him.Liu Rui woke up in the middle of the night, but he didn't speak or eat, his big black eyes were dull and dull.Zhao Tang explained for a while, but seeing that Liu Rui didn't respond, he had to work tomorrow, so he could only sleep with his head covered.

Early the next morning, he hurriedly picked up the meal, ate half of it himself, and left the other half on the woodpile, before continuing to teach the older girls how to drink.Back in the firewood room at night, Liu Rui was still lying down, and his posture was exactly the same as when Zhao Tang left.The porridge on the woodpile has not moved at all, it has frozen into lumps.

Zhao Tang sat next to Liu Rui, trying to comfort him, but couldn't find words to comfort him.Liu Rui sat up by himself, as if revived, and said in a hoarse voice: "Zhao Tang, help me to ask again, how is Luoyang...my father... how is King An?"

Zhao Tang ran out immediately, and asked the oiran lady who had just finished drinking with the officials.The news is frightening——the emperor has been dead for a long time, and Nanhou is relying on the child in her womb to listen to the government behind the curtain; but she is a girl, and everyone refuses to accept it.Many nobles were killed by the Yellow Turban Army, and less than half escaped.King An is a prince with no real power, no one cares about his life and death, and Zhao Tang can't get any news.

Zhao Tang returned to the firewood room to report to Liu Rui.Liu Rui was stunned for a while, then smiled slightly and said, "The big man is dead."

Zhao Tang was frightened, held Liu Rui's face in his hands, and said: "Rui Rui, it's okay, the emperor is dead, you are the new emperor!"How can you die a big man while you are alive?When I save some more money, let's go to Qinghe! "

Liu Ruidao: "Qinghe is an aristocratic family. If the dynasty changes, the aristocratic family will not fail. They will not bet on me."

Zhao Tang said, "Where is the King of the East China Sea?"

"The son-in-law of the King of the East China Sea is the prince Liu Rui, not the common man Liu Rui."

Zhao Tang still wanted to speak, but searched his brains and couldn't find a useful word.If you are a general commanding thousands of troops, you can wave your hand and say, "Damn it, fight back!" If you don't have thousands of troops, you can also say, "Don't cry, let's go, take you to eat!" Okay." The worst thing is to have a room, close the doors and windows, and let Liu Rui cry heartily.

But he has nothing.