Indulgence in the Red Chamber

The fatigue of the man in black all night disappeared immediately.He chased forward desperately, determined to catch the two children.

He had no choice but to do this. Originally, when the child was acquired, the master had told him to strangle him to death and throw him into the mass grave in the western suburbs after the news passed, but he had some selfish motives.Seven or eight-year-old children, if they are disabled, are taken out of the capital to other places, and thrown on the street as beggars to ask for money, and they can earn a lot of income every day.What's more, some people have specially taken such children to do this kind of business these days.It will be another sum of money to wait until one or two years before the disability is cured, and you can directly buy it as a rough envoy in a brothel.This is better than killing them and throwing them on a mass grave.

It's just that he planned very well, and he didn't contact the buyer to attack the child, but let the child run away.

Of course, he can't be sure that one of the two children in front of him is the one he designated as the one he lost.It's just that the two children spoke strangely just now, and now they are running in such a hurry, so they guessed in their hearts that they were inseparable.

After all, the two of Hong Hui are young, and the man in black is a man of middle age.As soon as they ran to the end of the alley, they caught up with the two of them.He reached out and grabbed the oilcloth fiercely.Hong Hui was clever, let go of the tarpaulin, continued to run two steps forward, and slipped away.But the pumpkin girl didn't react, she staggered and fell to the ground, falling into the muddy water.

"Little bastard! Let me go!" After the man saw clearly that the child lying on the ground was a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, he stopped caring about her and chased Hong Hui in front of him wholeheartedly.Unexpectedly, the girl jumped forward and hugged his leg, and bit his leg desperately.The man was in pain, so he wanted to kick her, but the girl hugged her tightly, and the man's feet couldn't be pulled out for a while.

"Hey! How are you?" Hong Hui stopped after running a few steps, but when he looked back, he saw the girl tightly hugging the man's leg.

"You go! Go find your uncle and save me!" Pumpkin hugged the man tightly, and got kicked countless times.No matter the man punched and kicked, she just hugged desperately, and would not let go even if she hugged desperately.

"Let her go!" Hong Hui's eyes were wet with rain, his vision was blurred, his eyeballs were stinging, and he turned around to pull the man.

"Go!" The girl yelled hysterically: "Go! Otherwise we're all going to die!"

"You..." Hong Hui saw that the girl had no strength to speak, but the arms were still tightly hugging the man's legs.The man also pulled out a desperate posture, bent down to spread his arms, and slapped the girl repeatedly. The girl's mouth was already bleeding, and the man's nails cut her face, and there was some flesh and blood. Vague.

Hong Hui gritted his teeth, turned around and ran desperately.There is a girl screaming in my ear: Go away!Go get someone to save me!Otherwise we will all die...

In the heavy rain, it was impossible to tell the direction.Honghui just ran blindly, desperately, as if only running could prove that he was still alive.

Herod let out a long cry, and a carriage stopped abruptly in the rain.Hong Hui didn't have time to stop, he slammed into the shaft of the carriage with a slam, his eyes flashed, he couldn't stand firmly on his feet, and fell into the muddy water.

"Oh, who's child is this? Do you want to die?!" The driver was a young man in his 20s, who jumped out of the car quickly and turned around the carriage to look at him.

"Brother Li, give that child a few taels of silver, let's go quickly. If we go late, I'm afraid they will be punished for drinking again." A gentle order came from the car, the voice was so gentle, if you didn't pay attention, you might think it was a woman .

"Second Master Bao, this child has passed out." Li Gui was none other than the servant of Rongguo Mansion, the son of Nanny Li who studied with Baoyu.And the people in the carriage were going out to meet some friends for a banquet. They didn't want the carriage to go halfway, but a child came out of the alley and bumped into the carriage.

"Then what should I do?" Baoyu popped his head anxiously, looked at Honghui who was lying in the rain, frowned and said, "Leave a little boy and send him to the inn over there. Call me Doctor, come and have a look."

"Second Master, one or two beggars don't die every day these days. According to me, let's go now and forget about these trivial matters." Li Gui was afraid of trouble and was unwilling to solicit such things.

"Nonsense, he was injured when he hit my car. Why don't you help him up in such a heavy rain?" Baoyu snorted, then turned around and ordered Mingyan: "You stay and take care of him! I understand him Whose family's child is it, send him home!"

"Yes. Second Master." Although Mingyan was extremely unwilling, Baoyu dared not refuse to listen to Baoyu's orders, so she took an umbrella and got out of the car, and pulled Honghui up who had fallen on the ground, "Hey, boy, are you still here?" alive?"

Hong Hui ran extremely fast just now, and hit his forehead on the shaft of the carriage again, and fell dizzy for a moment and fell to the ground.At this moment, I was woken up by the cold rain.He took a long breath and opened his eyes, looked at the handsome young man who was supporting him, and smiled: "Brother, please tell me that I stole your things, and send me to the yamen."

Across the street, the man in black finally killed Pumpkin, and when he opened her arms and chased after her, he happened to see Baoyu's carriage parked there.I sighed in my heart: God really wants to forget me!He watched Mingyan help the child leave slowly with an umbrella, gritted his teeth, and was about to turn around to go back, but saw the carriage go away, leaving only a boy and the child standing in the rain talking.So there was some hope in his heart, and he quietly followed the two from a distance, hoping that the boy would throw the child aside and leave.At that time, I will have a chance to start.

Mingyan supported Honghui to walk along the street, while looking around for any medicine store nearby.While jokingly said: "Whose family are you a child? Looking at the silk clothes on your body, you should also be the young master of a rich and powerful family. Why did you run out alone? Do you want me to send you to the yamen? "

"Brother, I'm really a thief. I also stole this clothes, so you hand me over to the Yamen." Hong Hui couldn't believe anyone at this time, let alone reveal his identity, thinking that as long as he went to the Yamen, he would Easy to handle.In any case, those people can't kill themselves casually, they must go to Baylor Mansion to ask.What's more, since I disappeared, Er Niang didn't know how anxious she was, and she hadn't searched all over the four or nine cities?The admirals of the Nine Gates and the Shuntian Mansion must all be looking for themselves.If he could send himself to the Yamen, it would be like sending him home.

"Okay, don't mess around with me anymore, I still have business to do. Our master can't leave me for a while. There is an inn here. I'll give you a room. You can go in and take shelter from the rain. When the rain stops, you go home by yourself. Will it work?"

"Ah? No way, big brother? You want to throw me in the inn alone?" Doesn't that mean sending me to the tiger's mouth?Hong Hui hesitated to speak, he felt anxious and hurt, but he couldn't believe anyone.He knew that if he wanted to be alone, he would be in danger, so he hoped that this person could always be with him.In order not to be poisoned to death with poison or directly smothered to death with a quilt after entering the inn.

Thinking of death, Honghui felt desolate, and he didn't know what happened to that pumpkin girl.I heard her mother call her 'pumpkin girl' last night, and I still laughed at her in my heart. She is really a girl like a pumpkin, rustic and with a pumpkin face.But it's this silly girl who is desperate to save herself.I don't know what's going on with her now...

"You kid, are you really tired of living? Why do you really want to go to the yamen? Do you think the yamen is so easy to get in? If you go in, you can't say a word, it's just a board. Then you won't be able to find a place to cry!" Ming Yan dragged Hong Hui into a room called 'Linji Guiyun Inn', pointed to the inside and said: "I'll give you a room, you go in and take a hot bath, get rid of the cold, wait Go home when the rain stops. It's not in vain for our second master to show kindness."

"Hey, are you here?" The kid in the store greeted him with a white handkerchief in one hand, and bowed to Mingyan to say hello: "Are you two staying in the store or eating?"

"Give me a room, and a bucket of hot water. Let the little brother take a bath and sleep. Get him something to eat. He will leave when the rain stops." Ming Yan said, taking a bath from his pocket He took out a broken piece of silver and threw it to Xiao Er.

Xiao Er held the small piece of silver worth about three renminbi in his hand and smiled embarrassedly: "Oh, young master, I'm really sorry. This piece of silver is not enough for what you said. Can you add some more?"

"Why not enough? Is your shop a black shop?" Originally, Mingyan followed Baoyu since he was a child, and he didn't know the market outside at all, and he didn't know how many people there were.I thought that staying in a hotel was only a matter of a few tens of pennies, and I was already a big name if I could throw money out.Unexpectedly, the waiter in this store said that there was not enough money.So I was a little annoyed: "Call your shopkeeper! What kind of shop are you so dark?"

"Hey, young master, don't be angry. We have clearly marked prices here. The entire capital is counted as our 'Lin Kee Inn'. Whether it's eating and drinking, top-notch accommodation, or long-term private rooms, we have always clearly marked prices and never much. Ask the guest for half a penny."

"What did you say? You are 'Linji Inn'?" Hong Hui was taken aback, and asked the waiter in surprise.

"Is this still fake? The sign outside clearly says that. Linji Guiyun Inn, we are the Guiyun branch of Linji Inn! It is unique in this Forty-Nine City! You two are literate, don't you?" See?" The waiter asked in confusion.

"Okay, I don't have enough money, can you see this?" Hong Hui grabbed the piece of ice jade Guanyin from his neck and handed it to Xiao Er: "If you don't know the goods, ask your shopkeeper to take a look." .”

"Hey! I don't dare to make decisions about this. You two wait, I will call the shopkeeper."

The Linji Inn is the property of the Lin family. When he first came to the capital, Xuan Ning bought two shops and opened this inn, but there were only a dozen rooms.Later, Daiyu worked hard for seven or eight years, and has expanded to more than [-] houses, including suites, and added food, wine and meals, and has become the leading inn in the capital.Later, Lin Yiping, the innkeeper, asked Daiyu to change the name of the inn. Because of this, Daiyu was chosen by Xuanning and insisted on keeping it. Until now, the semicolon opened later has also used the original name, but added after the word "Linji" The name of the semicolon.This Guiyun Inn should be the general number, and it is the largest one among the inns.Mingyan didn't know the relationship between this place and the Lin family, and it was raining again, so she dragged Honghui in in a panic.Honghui knew it.So at this time, when he heard that he was in the Nanlin Inn, his tense heartstrings relaxed for a moment, his eyes were in a trance, and his feet were a little vacant, so he turned around and sat on the chair, panting heavily.

Lin Yiping checked the accounts from the inner room at the back, and suddenly saw the waiter's waiter push the door in, and was about to reprimand him, but he heard the waiter salute and laughed and said: "Boss shopkeeper, look at this, it's not too late to reprimand the younger one." .” Saying that, he handed over the ice-species emerald Guanyin amulet.

Lin Yiping took the Jade Guanyin and took a closer look, then turned it over to look at the small emblem on the back, and asked in surprise, "Where did it come from?"

"There is a young man outside, who looks like seven or eight years old. He has no money to live in the store, so he said that he would use this to pay off the debt. The young man saw that this jade is not an ordinary item, so he came here to ask the big shopkeeper, how much money should this be worth?"

"Bastard!" Lin Yiping raised his hand and slapped Xiao Er on the head, pointing to the emblem on the back of the Jade Guanyin and scolded: "I have raised you for more than half a year for nothing, and you don't even know this? This is our The master's things. Someone brought it here, and it must not be an outsider. Where is the young master? Why don't you come in and talk?!"

Xiao Er was so frightened that he hurriedly said, "Young one, I'll invite you now, I'll invite you here..."

Seeing that Xiao Er had changed his expression after he came out, Hong Hui smiled at him vigorously, and called himself "Xiao Ye" again, so he knew that someone inside recognized Yu Guanyin's origin.Then he pointed to the Mingyan on the side, and said to Xiao Er, "Go, give the money to this elder brother. Thanks to him, I can find this place. Otherwise, I will die outside."

"Yo, this..." Xiao Er was stunned again.The big shopkeeper said that this young master is not an outsider, but must be a close relative of the upper-level master.But it didn't say that he could take money from the cabinet with a word.

"Go and get 50 taels of silver!" Lin Yiping's voice came from behind the screen, and the voice was already turned out.Seeing Hong Hui who was dripping wet, his head was covered with muddy water, his eyes froze for a moment, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute Qian'er.A sentence reached his throat, and he swallowed it abruptly.

Xiaoer had already brought a money bag over, which contained five silver ingots of ten taels of silver, and handed them respectfully to Mingyan.

Mingyan has long been fooled by this situation.He didn't dare to answer for a while, and quickly waved his hands and said, "I'm just doing things under the order of our second master. How dare you ask for money?"

"You keep talking about your family's second master, who is he?" Hong Hui asked Ming Yan.

"Second Master Bao of Rongguo Mansion." Mingyan knew that this was a good thing, so how dare she bury Baoyu's name.

"Okay, I'll make a note of it. There will be great thanks in the future. You can take the money and go back. Just say I'm fine, and thank him for taking care of me." Hong Hui nodded and waved to Xiao Er.The little girl stuffed the purse into Ming Yan's hand, hooked his shoulders and sent him out the door.

Lin Yiping took another step forward, and said in a low voice, "Master, I have found you! Everyone in the fourth master's house is going crazy."

Honghui was taken aback for a moment, looking at Lin Yiping, who was in his 40s and wearing a lake-blue silk gown, and asked after a long while, "Do you know me?"

"This amulet of Jade Avalokitesvara is an August festival gift presented by the slave to our master. In the year when the uncle was born, our master gave this Jade Avalokitesvara to the uncle. Before that, he ordered the slave to take it to Fuyou Temple to consecrate it! The slave has handled it How can you not remember what happened twice!" Lin Yiping said, and then bowed and made a gesture of invitation: "Master, please come inside, the servant will order someone to get hot water for the uncle to take a bath."

"Wait a minute. Since you know me, do one thing for me first." Honghui grabbed Lin Yiping and told about the incident that someone chased and beat Pumpkin Girl at the intersection just now.Now that the danger has passed, hatred wells up in his heart.He gritted his teeth and said, "Go and save that girl! Be sure to save her!"

"Yes!" Lin Yiping hurriedly agreed, beckoned to his two confidantes, gave instructions in a low voice, and asked someone to prepare hot water for Honghui to take a bath.

Warm water, cedar wood tub.Fragrance lingered, two maids were serving at the side, Hong Hui was lying in the tub with his eyes closed.Looking back on the narrow escape these days, it was like a dream.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Lin Yiping hurried into the room, dismissed the two girls with a wave of his hand, and whispered back beside the bathtub: "Master."

"How? What about people?"

"Slaves are no good. The girl is... dead."

"What?!" Hong Hui suddenly stood up from the tub, splashed a splash of water out of the tub, and wet Lin Yiping's clothes.He stared blankly at Lin Yiping's apologetic face, feeling chills all over his body, and was speechless for a while.

died.

died!

just die?

Just now she was running happily in the rain holding a corner of the oilcloth with her.

When she woke up in the morning, she still smiled and said to herself: You can't go anymore.God keeps you.

Last night she brought her a bedding and said: This kang is too hard, I'm afraid you are not used to sleeping...

The washed white coarse quilt, the fragrant corn paste, the rough porcelain bowl, and the simple and lovely smiling face like a pumpkin...

Everything is gone.

People die like lights go out.

Such a fresh life, if it is gone, it will be gone.And all this is my own fault!It's all because he is the emperor's grandson, and a thorn in the flesh of some people!

cold.

Standing in the warm and fragrant water, Hong Hui felt chills all over his body.

It was like standing in the sky full of ice and snow, the cold made people tremble all over, the mouth trembled constantly, the jaws trembled, and the teeth collided to make a rattling sound.

"Master?" Lin Yiping glanced nervously at Hong Hui, who had dull eyes, and hurriedly stepped forward to fish him out of the water, put him on the bed without wiping off the water stains on his body, and pulled him out of the bed Bo was wrapped around him, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, sir, this servant will send someone to report to Fourth Master's residence. Fourth Master and Fujin will definitely come to pick you up."

"Don't!" Hong Hui suddenly grabbed Lin Yiping's skirt and shook his head repeatedly: "Don't send me back, don't..."

"That's good, then you will raise it here. The slave will call the doctor to check your pulse."

"Don't tell anyone I'm alive. Don't tell anyone! Anyone!"

"Okay! Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Honghui's hand holding Lin Yiping's skirt gradually weakened, and he let go gradually.People also gradually fell asleep.Lin Yiping reached out and touched his forehead, it was scorching hot, like burning coals.So he quickly ordered: "Go to our pharmacy and invite Mr. Bai!"

Someone outside promised to go and invite someone.Lin Yiping had no choice but to stay by the bed.