Wangfu Shenyuan

The long palace wall encloses a world, and occasionally there are soft willow branches hanging out of the wall, secretly looking at the outside world.On the contrary, a few heads emerged from the crude carriage gradually approaching the palace, stretching out desperately, as if trying to see through this legendary mansion.

Mrs. Wang, who sent people over, sat outside the carriage, watching the ferocious face of the majestic lion in the palace become clearer, rubbed her hands, sighed, opened the gray cloth curtain, tried to put on an ugly smile, and faced a man dressed in green cloth. The young man in the shirt said: "You want to open some too, old lady, I also want to support a big family, don't I?"

The young man's expression was indifferent, showing no signs of happiness or anger. He only nodded slightly when he heard the words, and replied: "Nurse don't need to worry, I will take care of myself."

While talking, the horse raised its head and neighed loudly, the car stopped, and a short man in his 40s jumped out first. That being said, he didn't expect the people in the car to cooperate obediently. He untied a hemp rope from the side of the car and pulled it hard. The people who were getting off the car couldn't help but rush forward a few steps. The last few people hurried forward. I staggered.

The young man in Tsing Yi was tied at the end, and when the rope was pulled, he fell the hardest.He fell face down from the carriage and landed on the hard marble slab in front of the palace gate.Wang Po hurriedly helped him up, and saw that his face was bruised and purple, she didn't feel distressed, but comforted him a lot, patted the dirt on his body, and whispered: "It's good to lose his appearance at this time, let the manager arrange a mess. Tired of work, far away from the prince, no matter what, the most important thing is to stay alive. Master, he..."

"Okay, don't talk about it, old lady, hurry up and ask the manager to come out, we'll get silver taels so we can buy wine and drink." The short man dragged his wife and pushed her towards the gate. went.

The short man cast a sideways glance at the young man in Tsing Yi, and threatened, "Keep your mouth shut, I'll smother you with what you shouldn't say. Go to the mansion to learn some rules, and don't think that you're still a rich young master."

Seeing that the young man in Tsing Yi ignored him, the short man suddenly became furious, took a step forward, cocked his mouth and whispered: "If you let me hear any bad news, be careful, I will make your father have no peace under the loess."

The young man in Tsing Yi finally reacted, his tone was calm but he couldn't hide his anxiety: "I entered this palace, I changed my name and identity, I made a clean break with the past, I will forget everything no matter what. I have done it for you After exchanging money, there is no debt between you and me, and it is fine if you don’t pay homage to my father, and don’t bother me too much.”

Just as the short man was about to say something, a servant came from the palace to lead them in.When the short man saw the servants of the palace, he changed his viciousness, smiled flatteringly, and hurriedly led everyone to go in.But when he was stopped, disdain flashed in the boy's eyes, and he said disgustedly: "You can also walk through the main entrance, not to mention the main entrance, even the side entrance requires officials of rank four or above to step on the threshold, and only the royal relatives are eligible to walk through the main entrance. .”

The boy cursed and said a lot, the short man was not annoyed, he kept nodding and bowing, and followed into the back door of the palace.All the way, the eaves and teeth of pavilions, terraces and pavilions are intriguing, and fake stones, flowing water and hundreds of flowers are competing for fragrance and beauty.Naturally, it is not a big road to walk, and I only choose a clean and unmanned path.In this way, everyone's eyes are also looking straight, and they have forgotten their own situation.

After walking for about half an hour, everyone's legs were a little sore from walking, and when they arrived in a spacious courtyard, the young servant said: "Okay, just wait here, the manager will come over when he finishes his work. "

The short man insisted "yes" and bowed to send the young man out of the courtyard.There were guards with knives everywhere in the palace, so the short man wrapped the rope around the tree with confidence, found a comfortable place in the courtyard, took out the wine bag and drank one gulp.

Eight people were bound and sat down around the tree.The young man in Tsing Yi didn't want to sit on the ground, and was tied up and couldn't walk far, so he stood there abruptly.Wang Po stood with him, looking at the white jade doll that used to be full of stars, but now it was covered in dust, half of its face was bruised, and it was about to sell its life to others, and its eyes were red.

The young man in Tsing Yi didn't like her like this, so he said first: "Nurse, don't be sad, your body is important. I'm a man, strong and strong, so what if I'm a servant? I think there won't be too little money coming to the palace. I live frugally, maybe after more than ten years, I may not be able to redeem myself."

It's okay not to say it, but once it's good, Wang Po's tears poured down like beads.Where is there any chance of redemption, not to mention that a slave who has signed a death contract cannot have monthly silver, even if the palace is generous, can he survive to save enough silver for redemption?This Xianxian Wangfu is a place that cannibalize people. Every month, a lot of slaves are bought into the mansion, but no one is released.People who have entered the palace said that there were few people inside, so where did the servants who bought them go?

After waiting for more than two hours, after noon for a long time, the manager came late.As soon as the manager entered the entrance of the courtyard, a clever boy ran over and led everyone to kneel down in a row.

Someone moved a mahogany chair, the manager sat down casually, frowned and asked, "Just these few?"

The short man hurriedly replied: "Although there are not many of them, but the goods are high-quality. Take a look at these." He broke the jaws of a few people so that the manager could see their faces clearly.

The manager looked at a few and was quite satisfied.When the young man in Tsing Yi raised his face, he immediately frowned.The short man groaned regretfully, this man in green was the best thing he had in his hand, and the selling price should be the highest, but just now he broke his face, and now he is very ugly.

"You dare to send this kind of goods to the palace. I see that you are impatient, right?" The manager took the tea from the servant and blew on it. The hot air was steaming, making the young and noble face even more distant. untouchable.

The short man grabbed the boy's hair, forced him to look up, and said with a flattering smile: "Please take a closer look, this child is not bad. If the prince sees it, he will definitely take it to the house." Hearing this, the young man trembled, bit his inner lip tightly, and remained expressionless without saying a word.

The steward threw the tea on the ground and scolded: "You are such a bastard, the prince is something you can talk about. How dare you smear the name of the prince so boldly. Come and serve me."

The short man was terrified, he knelt down and begged for mercy, and Mrs. Wang kowtowed non-stop.The steward took the new tea and sipped it carefully. Everyone was startled and bowed their heads in silence. For a while, the courtyard only heard the confession of the two of them.

Soon a few servants brought up a long wooden bench and two palm-width long boards, all painted with old red paint, the color was mottled, brown in places, and black in places of red.The young man couldn't help but looked up, his fingers trembling slightly, it must be the blood of many people, that's why it has such a color.

The servant lifted the person onto the stool, but the manager threw the teacup to pieces again: "Ignorant slave, can such a lowly bastard get on the chair and stool of our palace?"

"Yes, yes." The boy hurriedly put the bench aside, dragged the person and beat him.Judging from the tone of the manager, whoever dares to release the water will be a real ruthless hand.

After hitting fifty boards, the short man's howling like a pig subsided, and he lay on the ground moaning and moaning.Seeing that the executive director was almost done, he bowed and asked, "Please give me a count."

"What's the point, just beat it to death." The manager got a new cup of tea, enjoyed it very much, narrowed his eyes, and threw out such a sentence lazily.

The supervisor wiped his sweat: "Hit, hit hard."

Mrs. Wang cried louder and louder, her forehead was covered with blood. After hearing this, she cried and wanted to pull the hem of the manager's shirt. How could the waiter allow her to go beyond the distance? As soon as she aimed in the direction, she A servant came over and pressed him firmly.

The young man in green clenched his fists, swallowed his saliva, got up, took two steps forward, knelt down again, and said slowly: "Don't be angry, my lord, because you hurt your noble body because of us sluts, you'll break the slaves' blood!" His birthday is over. He is a rough man who uttered foul words. He deserved to be shot to death, so that he could be reincarnated with an innocent soul. But the servant heard that the palace had a happy event recently, and he deserved to die. If the palace brings bad luck, even if he whips the corpse three hundred times, he will not be able to get rid of his sin."

The steward put down the teacup, took a deep look at the young man, nodded and said, "You are quite eloquent. Look at your delicate skin and tender flesh. You must be a young master who was kidnapped. Have you ever read?"

Before the young man could answer, Mrs. Wang panicked, "He can't even read a few words. Where has he ever been educated? The boss will praise him."

"It's not like." The manager stretched out a finger and waved it.

"The servant is from a merchant background. According to the law, he is not allowed to take the test, so my father did not let him go to school."

"Then it's time to look at the books."

The young man looked up, and Fang replied carefully: "Because I'm a bastard at home, I'm not qualified to touch the shop."

The manager gave the final comment: "It's useless." However, the young man didn't waste his efforts, the short man was spared the penalty, and Mrs. Wang was kicked out by the guards, and the seller's money was not even returned.The young man applauded secretly in his heart, but then he was worried about Mrs. Wang's livelihood, and also worried that the short man would sell the land where his father was buried, so he didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a while.

A handsome young servant ran over to report: "My lord ordered that the wine pool and meat grove must be built before the princess enters the mansion. Today, the concubine Ruan committed suicide, and the lord was very angry, and ordered the manager to find a replacement as soon as possible. At that time, Minister Chun and Anguo The two sons from the eldest princess's mansion will come to participate in the competition. The prince said that the person you are looking for must be beautiful and fair, and the arrows must be separated into gold, silver, vermilion and ink, so that they can be easily distinguished when the target is checked at the end."

"What a high request." The manager took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Okay, go back to the prince and tell me that I understand. Just invite a few young masters to come to the house tomorrow to have fun."

"Now let's look for someone with a beautiful and fair body. Why don't you, young master who is fair and tender." The manager pointed his finger at the young man. "What is your name?"

"... Xia An."

"Good name, I won't choose you just because of your name." The manager giggled, pointed to a soft-looking young man next to him, and said to a middle-aged man in the yard who seemed to have a slightly higher status: "I I'm afraid that Xia An's ugly face will scare the prince. If the arrow is not accurate, we are not to blame. You put him far away, so as not to spoil the prince's eyes, even if I look at it, I can't eat. "

The young man lowered his head and thought to himself, didn't he just get a few bruises from knocking out, it wouldn't be so serious that he couldn't eat.However, Mrs. Wang carefully told her to stay away from the prince, which is also good.

The prince in this house, the young man knows.Rongli, the seventh son of the current Holy Majesty, his mother and concubine was originally Empress Xiaoren, but because of his inhumanity and filial piety, he was deprived of his title, abolished the posthumous position, and thrown into the cold palace. The original son of the middle palace, the number one contender for the crown prince, ten The 15-year-old Rongli was named the King of Leisure and moved out of the palace early.So far, it has been [-] years.

The throne of idleness did not originally have such a title, but it was set up by the current sage, and it was specially set up for Rongli.Rongli is like his throne and name, and he has been idle since childhood.The other princes have to go to the Zhengtian Hall to study government affairs since they left the palace at the age of 15 to build a mansion.But he didn't need it. When he was 15 years old, he asked for sick leave every day. The emperor spared him from the early court because he was too weak and tired. Since then, he has never participated in government affairs.

The young man thought to himself, I don't know how weak the idle king is, he can still shoot arrows?If given the chance, he would love to take a sneak peek.But the palace is so big, I don't know when I will see it.

After the general manager left with the selected young man, the middle-aged man named Zhang was a supervisor in the mansion and was in charge of personnel transfer.He allocated the rest of the people, except for the boy and two dark-looking men, the other four were taken away by the supervisor himself.

The two slightly dark men were taken away by the servant, who explained the incident in the kitchen very rudely, and they should have been transferred to the kitchen.

The young man waited anxiously for half an hour, and then came a rough envoy servant about 27 or [-] years old. He was obviously not as good as the other boys in the yard, a rough bunt shirt, and blue pants that were mended again. After bowing to all the servants, he sternly directed at the young man and said viciously, "Hurry up and keep up."

The two walked not far, and came to a dilapidated yard.Although the courtyard was dilapidated, it was not small. There were three large rooms on the north side and two rooms on the east side. People in rags and with smeared faces all came in and out.Although the young man ended up being sold into slavery, he had never really seen the life of the people under the ground a few times, so he couldn't help but open his eyes and look at it carefully, with an unbelievable expression on his face.

The servant who brought him here has no name, and everyone calls him Ah Fu.He introduced everything, this courtyard is filled with the most lowly servants in the mansion, the kind of servants who die today and can't even earn a straw mat the next day and pull them out to feed the dogs.

The east and west rooms are for laborers, the north one is for stewards, the other is for storing sundries, the other is kitchen and soup pool, separated by cloth, in fact, the soup pool is two big buckets, from the fire It’s just to boil water and jump in to wash, but when you come back from work, you are half dead tired, and few people take a bath.The kitchen only has two stoves, not the big kitchen of the palace, it is only for the servants in this yard to eat.

There is an ancient well in the courtyard, the water in it is unpalatable, and the river next to the courtyard is also untouchable.If you want to carry water, you need to go straight out of the hospital gate, turn left and go straight again, and go to a well on a piece of grass to fetch water.Ah Fuqian reminded Wanwan, telling the boy not to touch the river water and not to go to other yards to fetch water without authorization.

The teenagers responded one by one without saying much.Seeing that he didn't like to talk and he didn't want to make fun of him, Ah Fu handed him over to the steward and went to the kitchen to boil water and cook.

The steward asked the boy's name, age, and place of origin, and registered them one by one. He sighed as he wrote, "Why did you send a thin person like you to me? Didn't you offend the steward?"

"No, it wasn't assigned by the manager himself."

"I know that Zhang Qitian is the one who assigns the manpower. He is a roundworm in the manager's stomach. You must have annoyed the manager, so he assigned you here. Look at your small body, you can live here for a year. It’s time to burn incense and worship Bodhisattva.”

The young man bit his lip and said nothing, it was useless to argue.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay, since you're still young, I won't let you carry earth bags to carry rocks, so you can go to the kitchen and help Ah Fu, you won't be exhausted after burning a fire."

Just as the young man was about to nod, a person came in with inconvenient legs and feet, walking up and down, licking his red face and smiling: "Just now I heard from the manager that there is a lack of people in the kitchen, that's a fat job, please take care of me. "Speaking, he took out a small amount of silver from his sleeve with several holes.

The steward picked it up and took a look: "Yo, boy, how did you get rich?"

"A few days ago, Concubine Ruan came to set up the lotus lantern. The little one made a little effort, and her little servant gave it a full one or two weights."

The steward immediately pulled his face: "Dead people's things, bad luck." He said so, but he didn't put down the money.

The man asked: "Isn't Concubine Ruan just being favored, why did she die?"

"What is being favored? Which master in our palace can live happily for a month. I heard that the prince invited someone to practice archery, and he wanted to use living people as targets. The prince chose Concubine Ruan. It's true that Concubine Ruan has been so powerful for a few days. I regarded myself as my master, and I didn’t think about it for a while, so I hanged myself.”

"Don't care about her, you can always help me. Look at my legs. When such a big stone fell down, my legs were flattened. The top is rushing, and no one is going to rest. Look at me , Is this still a human leg?" After finishing speaking, he rolled up his trouser legs and lifted the injured leg up with his hands.

Black and red flesh rolled out, and because the wound was not treated, the wound festered and turned white, and juice was still dripping out.In the flesh and blood, there are long white flesh worms wriggling.When the man saw them, he grabbed two of them, threw them on the ground, and stepped on them fiercely with his good foot.

The boy couldn't help it, and threw up while holding the corner of the wall.

The man begged: "Boss, if I have a chance to survive, I will never bother you. My leg is useless, but I don't want to die. I still have a fever and I really can't do heavy work. Please help me." Bar."

The steward was still hesitating with the silver in his hands, the young man hurriedly said, "I don't know how to cook, let the elder brother do it."