Mud people

"Didn't you faint..." Shen Rulai suddenly raised his head, his brows were tightened, and he suddenly understood, "You're playing tricks!"

"Yes," Meng Xi admitted openly, "If it wasn't for that, if I really died in the ancestral hall, wouldn't my brother be a widow?"

"Why on earth are you pestering me?" Shen Rulai suppressed his anger.

Meng Xi smiled lightly, but remained silent.

Perhaps Shen Xilai didn't even know how deeply his unintentional actions left a deep impression on Meng Xi's heart.

Meng Xi was nine years old that year, and Mrs. Nine was not Mrs. Nine, but a former singer of Baihualou.That night, the eldest lady quarreled with the tea merchant over the death of her youngest daughter, and the tea merchant came to Baihualou to get drunk and called the ninth lady to wait on her.

Meng Xi was alone outside the room, even though she was numb to the beauty inside, her heart still hurt.

Later, the Da Furen brought Shen Si to look for a tea merchant, and when she saw the disheveled appearance of the Ninth Madam, she rushed up and slapped her loudly, uttering unbearable words.

Meng Xi didn't run into the house, Madam Ninth would not allow him to do so.He listened to those dirty rhetoric, tears could not stop falling down.

Shen Silai was only about ten years old back then, and he was already a handsome young man, dressed in white, with a jade-like crown.

He bent down and wiped away Meng Xi's tears earnestly.His hands were white and warm, and his movements were extremely gentle.

"A dignified man, I'd rather bleed than cry." As he said this, his eyes sparkled brightly.

Not long after, he followed his mother into Shen's house, saw the young man wiping away his tears again, and was overjoyed in his heart, pestering and annoying him all day long, the first thing he said was just to make him pay attention to himself , After talking for a long time, I don't know whether those words are true or not.

Later, a county magistrate was called, who was extremely tricky, greedy for money and sex, and severely extorted the people. The Shen family also suffered a lot of defeat, and couldn't afford to support so many wives, so they retired a lot at once.The tea merchant loves Madam Nine and is reluctant to divorce her, but drives Meng Xi out.

Shen Shilai didn't know why, so he took the initiative to ask the tea merchant, but the tea merchant refused, and punished Shen Shilai to copy the book for one month.

The county magistrate has a son called Li Ze, who is a well-known little bully. He is used to doing things like robbing and belittling women.Because Li Ze was the third child in the family, everyone called him Li child behind his back.

That day when Shen Shilai came home from school, he met Li Ze and others on the road, blocked him in an alley, and asked him for money, but Shen Shilai happened to have no money with him, so they wanted to clean up Shen Shilai.

Meng Xi was working part-time at the inn in that alley, and after hearing such a big commotion, and seeing Shen Silai being surrounded by those people, she naturally rushed out to block Shen Silai.

At that moment, Shen Rulai suddenly felt that the scene in front of him was very familiar.

Later, Meng Xi coughed lightly, and took out a small gadget from his sleeve, "This clay figurine... I found it when I was doing odd jobs this year. It's not very pretty, but it's a treasure! The master of the industry But let’s just say, this item is old, and it’s worth a lot of money. Your family...isn’t it short of money recently...you pawn it, it’s enough for you to be more comfortable for a while.”

"You can't protect yourself, so why do I care?" Shen Rulai put his hands behind his back unnaturally, "I don't want it."

"Then... you won't be a weak crown in a few days, just treat it as a gift from me, brother, will you not accept it?" Meng Xi said, forcing the clay figurine into Shen Rulai's hands.Shen Shilai originally wanted to say, "Since Dad has expelled you from the Shen family, I am not your elder brother." But he looked down at the clay figurine in his hand, but he didn't say anything after all.

"How is mother these days?" Meng Xi asked.

Shen Rulai opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he just said, "I don't know."

"How could you not know?" Meng Xi frowned, turned to look at Shen Rulai, trying to read something from his face, "Mother's yard is just three or two steps behind your house."

Shen Xilai glanced at Meng Xi with a complicated expression, as if she had struggled for a long time, "Ninth Madam, she ... committed adultery with a servant and was kicked out of the house."

"What?" Meng Xi stood up suddenly, "When?"

"A month ago." Shen Silai lowered his head, the evening light was a bit dim, with a slight redness, softly sprinkled on Shen Silai's hair, as if it had been plated with a layer of gold.

Meng Xi forgot to run outside without saying a word, but was stopped by Shen Xilai, "It's late."

"Late?" Meng Xi stood still and did not turn her head.

"Three days ago, in the backyard of Baihua Building, I found Mrs. Ninth's... dead body..." Shen Rulai turned his face away.

Meng Xi was stunned.

Shen Xilai didn't dare to tell Meng Xi that Mrs. Ninth was raped to death, he was afraid that Meng Xi would go crazy.

But Meng Xi still found out, from the storyteller in the teahouse.

The sinner is none other than Li Laoqi.

Meng Xi killed Li Laoqi and was also imprisoned.

Shen Xilai knew from Da Furen that Meng Xi was going to be executed at noon, so he lost his mind and ran like crazy to the execution ground.

He was still one step too late.

Before the sword fell, Meng Xi saw Shen Rulai in the crowd who was almost in tears.

The crowd surrounded layer after layer, and Shen seemed to be unable to squeeze in. He could only see Meng Xi's hair from a distance, which was jet black, just like his heart at this moment.

Meng Xi didn't regret it, his mother gave him his life, and if he avenged his mother, he just gave it back to his mother.The only thing he couldn't bear was Shen Silai, the way he smiled, the way he was annoyed, and the way he wiped away his tears.

Later, Shen Rulai heard Meng Xi's voice, "Achen, I like you, only you."

Before Shen Shilai had time to respond, he saw the commotion in the crowd, and the man beside him covered the eyes of his little daughter on his shoulder with one hand.

Shen Silai felt that he was about to suffocate, he didn't dare to go any further, even though the crowd had gradually dispersed.

He thought, as long as he didn't see Meng Xi's dead body with his own eyes, that person who always liked to call himself A-Chen would still be by his side.

His tears fell on the clay figurines that were clutched all the way. When they fell, they were warm and then turned cold in an instant.

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