37 years old, I became a harem concubine

Haruko's tears flowed more fiercely than before, almost suffocating.

She didn't understand why his wife had to suffer this kind of pain. It would be nice if she was the only one suffering this kind of torture!

"So, as long as I haven't given up, you can't give up first." Shen Huan said.

Qingzi cried and nodded repeatedly, "I will obey my wife, as long as my wife is around, I will live a day."

The sounds outside gradually increased, and there were footsteps in the aisle.

After a while, Shen Huan opened the window to take a look, but she didn't hear the movement she wanted, and her heart gradually sank.

Is the rain above too light?

Or is the woman's so-called secret way not existing at all?

Or is there a link that went wrong?

But if they can't get out within two days, he and Qingzi are afraid that they will really be unable to get out for the rest of their lives.

No, maybe not for a lifetime.

According to Tainangu's vicious rules, when they found out that they didn't have enough medicinal properties of the Shengxi Huihun Pill and the stones blocking the drain, they would tear themselves and Qingzi apart.

"clang--"

The familiar sound of copper bells came, and the whole place was like a boiling oil pan, and the aisles were full of footsteps.

Shen Huan stood up, was about to wash up, and was about to deal with the day, when the tall and thin man who stared at him every day taking Shengxi Huihun Pill came, and said: "The Lord has an order to cancel all your matters today, after washing up From here, the Venerable Master will take you to meet him."

The thin and tall man said: "You are the first furnace cauldron to be summoned by the temple master. With this opportunity and good luck, there will be no second one."

"Clean up quickly. I heard that a distinguished guest has come and is very interested in you. He has offered you an extremely high price."

While talking and waving, the people behind him brought clothes, shoes, socks and jewelry.

People who can come to Tainan Valley are either rich or noble. Shen Huan can't think of who even the temple master would say is a distinguished guest.

But he understands that today's trip is definitely not going, there are too many variables and it is too dangerous.

He said to the tall and thin man with his usual expression: "Yes, you can take the dumb girl out when the time comes. I'm in a bad mood today, and I don't want anyone other than her to serve me."

"Hey, what kind of place do you think this is, and you can still choose people!" The tall and thin man was annoyed.

Shen Huan took it for granted: "Then it's up to you, it's not me who reminds you."

"..."

The thin and tall guy really didn't expect that he would be manipulated sometimes.

That's right, this strange body is expensive now, and the Shengxi Huihun Pills he uses are all the best, so I'm afraid that something might go wrong in the middle.

He gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Okay, I'll take those two dumb girls away. After the copper bell rang three times, there will be a stick of incense. If you don't come out, I'll report back to the temple master. It's your fault."

Shen Huan had an expression on my face that I know, you can go.

As soon as the tall and thin man left, he immediately put on the clothes in the tray, put on the wooden plaque with only one stripe, and held Haruko's hand: "Let's go!"

As soon as his door opened, people in the aisle lowered their heads to give way, and in their lowered eyes, they could only see the wooden signboard of the highest grade swaying gently among the black silk like water.

After walking out of the aisle quickly, Shen Huan turned around and did not follow the road leading to the Taoist temple, but came down from the place where the canal was blocked yesterday, from left to right, her eyes quickly looked under these densely packed houses sweep.

Occasionally, some dumb girls and women living here saw him and Haruko, and when they saw the wooden plaque on his waist, they quickly looked away and saluted him.

"clang--"

The second copper bell rang.

Shen Huan pulled Qingzi to the middle position.

The houses they lived in were built along the long cave, with one side leaning against the mountain wall, leaving a very narrow gap in the middle that could not be called a road.

Shen Huan, whose hairpin skirt was already in a mess, heard the second sound of the copper bell, and had no time to catch her breath, so she continued to search with her head sullen. Suddenly, a small sound of water flowing caught his attention.

He lay down on the ground and saw that the room in front right was extremely damp, and the wooden planks on the mountain wall were even covered with a thick layer of moss.

Shen Huan's hands were shaking, she pulled Qingzi and said, "This is the room!"

These houses are integrated, without windows, and can only be entered from the inside. The two ran to the entrance of the corridor at the fastest speed in their lives, took a deep breath, and walked back quickly.

All the women in the aisle have gone to the Taoist temple, and only a few dumb women were left behind to clean the house for their masters.

Seeing Shen Huan and Qingzi going back and forth, she was slightly surprised.

Shen Huan didn't care what their eyes and expressions were, she raised her head and said to Qingzi: "If you can't find that precious thing of mine, take care of your life."

Qingzi also shivered in unison: "I remember, you took it with you when you went out, and it must have fallen on the aisle."

The two were "busy" looking for something, blowing by like the wind.

"clang--"

The third brass bell came.

Shen Huan no longer cared about the dumb girl who was thrown some distance away behind her, her steps suddenly accelerated, she ran in the aisle, found the room in the same order as the other houses, and opened the door with a bang.

The people inside obviously just left for a while, and the heat on the veil has not completely dissipated.

Haruko looked at the furnishings similar to those in their house, panting like a cow: "Madam, there is only one stick of incense time, where will the key be?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, we will definitely find it." Shen Huan held the ruby ​​in her hand and scanned the furnishings in the room.

This place is similar to the boudoir of ordinary people's daughters. There is no shortage of beds, vanity mirrors, cabinets and other things.

If he were the daughter of everyone, where would he put such an important keyhole?

It must be smooth and not easily discovered by others.

Shen Huan's eyes fell on the bed that was covered with bedding: "Qingzi, lift up the bedding and bedding with me, and check if there are any small holes similar to key clips on the bedposts and the wall and floor behind the bed."

"Yes." Qingzi immediately went over to join him, lifted the thick quilt on the bed, inspected the bed inch by inch with her hands, and then put the bedding back while feeling like Shen Huan.

But the two touched the bed all over, but found nothing.

We can only pin our hopes on the walls and the floor.

Suddenly, when the two were checking the wall next to the mountain wall, the sound of footsteps came from far to near.

Three brass bells had passed, and the tall and thin man arrived with someone.

There was a thin layer of sweat on Shen Huan's forehead, and he continued to check the wall under his hands. Suddenly, his whole body was shocked, and his hand touched twice on the place different from other walls, and pressed the ruby ​​key in his hand.

Two dull sounds sounded, and the four pieces in the lower left corner of the seemingly seamless stone wall split to both sides, revealing a dark passage.

Shen Huan called Qingzi: "Come in!"

Haruko knew that any delay at this juncture could kill them, so she got in without a second thought.

Shen Huan also took the ruby ​​key, and touched Qingzi at the last moment when the wall was closed.

His feet were shaking, his hands were shaking, and even the heart in his chest was shaking, and he couldn't lift the strength in his whole body.

They escaped.

They actually escaped!

Shen Huan held Qingzi's hand, and said in the darkness, "I don't know if the people in Tainan Valley will find this secret passage, let's go quickly."

"Okay." Haruko was too excited to restrain herself, and crawled forward.

The two stood in front of each other, not daring to stay for a moment, and crawled in the secret passage that could only accommodate a slender figure.

This secret path stretches out from the cracks in the stones, so it is extremely long and tortuous. Shen Huan doesn't know how long he has crawled. He only knows that the contents of his stomach have been digested, and his lips are dry and dry, licking and licking , Slowly, what I licked was already a faint smell of blood.

It became difficult for him to open his eyes, and he had to react for a while when he spoke to Haruko occasionally, or when he called her.

Finally, just when he almost thought he was going to lie down in the secret passageway, Haruko's weak voice came from in front: "Madam... I seem to... see snow..."

At the entrance of the small secret passage, some light came in, thin snowflakes floated in from the entrance, and there were dry weeds around.

Shen Huan gathered her last bit of energy, swallowed her dry throat, and followed Qingzi.

"puff--"

The two masters and servants propped themselves out from the hole and flung themselves onto the snow.

Shen Huan opened her eyes, looking at the snow on her cheeks, tears suddenly fell from her eyes.

He grabbed handfuls of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, his chapped lips tore thin lines, staining the snow around his mouth red.

"Hahahahaha," he laughed with tears streaming down his face, and his hand holding Xue trembled.

The birds in the woods were frightened by their sudden appearance and flew away, and the sound of purring birds echoed in the woods.

Before the age of 17, he was loved by his parents and did not know the sufferings of the world.

After he was 17 years old, he married Chen Fangyue and became the old lady of Chen's house. Although in the eyes of the people in the house, Chen Fangyue was responsive to him and loved him, but only he and his nanny Qingzi knew about the inside.

At the age of 37, he became a widow, and his nanny was thrown into a well for him.

And now, he has escaped from that man-eating place.

How many 37 years are there for a man to fall into such a situation.

And Lu Shi, Chen Miaoyi.

Shen Huan held the snow in her hand.

Haruko crawled over and stood up with all her strength, "Madam, where are we going?"

The exit of the secret path is in a forest in a depression, the ground is full of thick rotting leaves, surrounded by tall trees.

After Shen Huan was pulled up by Qingzi, she looked around: "When we were sent to Tainan Valley, the carriage drove for three and a half days, and we should not have left Shengjing City."

He looked up at the sky and walked over there.

Haruko obediently supported him and walked in the direction he said.

They were still wearing the clothes they had in Tainan Valley, they didn't feel cold in the ground, they couldn't resist when they came up, and they didn't feel warm at all when they were together.

But maybe God finally favored them once. Not long after, the two saw cooking smoke rising from the mountain road. A yard with black tiles and stone walls was sitting not far away. A middle-aged woman in gray clothes and a gray hat was picking vegetables, and a five or six-year-old child was helping them carry the basket.

They had just escaped from that devil's lair, and they were very vigilant. If they hadn't seen the little girl, they would not dare to have the idea of ​​asking for help in the past.

Fortunately, it should be much safer to be able to raise a little girl, who is so innocent and cute.

Shen Huan and Qingzi supported each other and walked over. The children in the field saw them first, pointed their fingers to this side, and said to the woman next to them: "Master, master, someone is here."

The middle-aged woman in gray clothes and gray hat straightened her waist and looked at the path in front of the mountain gate. After she saw Shen Huan and Qingzi clearly, she quickly came up to support her: "Where did the two benefactors come from? in this way?"

After crawling in the secret passage for so long, Shen Huan's clothes were covered in mud and her hair was disheveled, not to mention her pale face and bloody lips. Some people believed that she crawled out of the dead.

Shen Huan did not expect that the woman in gray clothes turned out to be a nun, and said: "Master, I am from the south of the Yangtze River. I came to Shengjing to visit relatives. I did not expect to encounter robbers on the way. My husband was killed, but luckily my maidservant was smart and took me to hide in a ditch and escaped with my life."

"It's freezing cold, I really can't walk anymore, I beg the master to take me in for a few nights, and after I recover, I will go to Shengjing City to find my relative."

The embarrassment of the two of them can't deceive people. The nun didn't expect that they would encounter such a disaster, and sympathized with a Buddha's name: "Amitabha, the convenience of others is the convenience of oneself. Since the donor can come here, it is with the Buddha family." It’s fate, there’s no need to say these things.”

"Huineng, come with me and help the two benefactors in."

"Yes." The nun named Huineng smiled a bit older. She looked about thirty, with a square face and a big frame. She pulled Shen Huan's body towards her, almost half-carrying him in.

After entering, Shen Huan saw that this nunnery was very tricky.

Facing the main hall is the main hall, on both sides are two wing rooms with sparse tiles, and behind the main hall is the place where nuns live.

Huijing took them away to the room on the far left, "There are not many people in the nunnery, and there are few incense sticks. The two benefactors sit here for a while, and I will ask Huineng to boil some hot water for you to warm your bodies."

"Thank you, master." Shen Huan pulled out a silver hairpin from her head and stuffed it into Huijing's hand, "My servant and I have been reduced to this point, thanks to master's taking care of me, such a small thing is nothing to respect."

Hui Jing seemed to have touched something hot, and retracted her hand: "No, ma'am, poor nuns can't take it."

"Master, take it away. The servant girl and I have bothered all the masters. Only by doing our best can we feel at ease."

Seeing Shen Huan's sincerity, Huijing put the silver hairpin back into her sleeve, and the smile on her face became warmer.

After a while, Huineng, a tall and strong man, came in with a bathtub, heated the water in it and mixed it with cold water, and carried a bundle of firewood to burn the kang for them.

Haruko waited for Shen Huan to take a bath first, soaked her hands in the hot water and whispered, "Madam, when are we going back to Shengjing?"

"This matter needs to be discussed at a later stage. Mrs. Lu poisoned me to death in the name of evil spirits. There is no such person as Shen Huan in Shengjing City."

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The second watch and the third watch are on the way.

The countdown to the palace is on.