The woman was taken outside the city and beaten to death, and the body was dumped there. After the small officials who cleaned the streets and city gates early the next morning, they took it to a pit three miles away and dumped it.
The people sleeping outside the city watched the woman being beaten to death. When the city gate guards turned around and glanced at her, everyone avoided her.
The guards returned to the city, opened the city gate a small crack, and closed it again.
The body was thrown at the foot of the earthen steps, and many people ran to look at it, then came back with nods and noisy comments.
Children are the most fearless and curious. A few skinnier boys encouraged others to form a group, running in groups and running back laughing.
The little maid was sitting in the car, with an earthy face, looking at the scene outside, dumbfounded and unable to say a word.
The woman beside her was still reading a book and turned another page.
The little maid shrank back and leaned against the carriage.
"If you were outside, you might not be better than them." The woman said suddenly.
The little maid paused, then raised her eyes to look at the woman: "Miss, what?"
"The more people gather together, the more stupid, evil and sycophant they become," the woman said calmly, without raising her gaze, "Look at those people outside, are they beasts?"
Her voice was very soft and quiet, and felt extremely cold in the little maid's ears.
The little maid thought of her appearance and thought she was used to it and was not afraid anymore. But after hearing her words, the little maid suddenly got goosebumps all over her body.
"Yes, it's an animal." The little maid said softly.
"Go to sleep." The woman said and said no more.
On the second day, the team started queuing up early.
When the carriage entered the city, he was asked to get out of the carriage for inspection. The little maid took some extra money, and the city gate guard collected the money, but still did not let him go easily. He reluctantly agreed not to get out of the carriage, and climbed up by himself.
Passersby were anxiously waiting in line, coming in and out, and the noise was constant.
The city gate guard suddenly shouted and fled from the car in a hurry.
The little maid was uneasy and quickly supported him: "Master."
Everyone looked towards them and saw the face of the city gate guard turned pale with fright. They couldn't help but look towards the carriage out of curiosity.
It took the city gate guard a long time to come over and look at the little maid: "You, you guys."
"Master, there are five taels of silver here." The little maid said very softly, her voice trembling because of fear.
Yes, five taels of silver.
Several guards nearby came forward and wanted to ask what was inside. Then they saw the guard wave his hand: "Go in, go in quickly!"
"Yeah!" The little maid smiled, jumped onto the carriage, and pushed the driver who was always expressionless, "Let's go, let's go quickly!"
"What's going on?" The guard next to him whispered, "Can we let him in? We can't let everyone in."
"It's nothing, it's just that her face is scary," the guard said softly with a pale face, gestured to his mouth, "This woman has no lips, her teeth are outside, like a rotten dead person."
"Oh, that's okay," the guard nodded, "It's just a bit ugly, as long as he's not too bad."
The carriage walked slowly down the street. After the little maid helped the woman arrange her veil, she opened the curtain and let the autumn breeze come in from the window.
"Why are the streets in the capital a little deserted?" the little maid looked outside and said, "empty."
The woman turned her eyes and looked outside without speaking.
Although it is cold, you can see how wide the streets here are and what it would look like if all the shops along the roads were open.
When the carriage passed several sesame seed cake stalls, the woman suddenly paused and said, "Stop the car."
"Huh?" The little maid turned around and said, "Miss, are you hungry?"
The driver reined in his horse at the roadside and stopped.
The woman got up and walked outside. After getting off the car, she crossed the stalls and stopped in front of the notice board at the back.
There are three portraits of girls posted on the bulletin board. The portraits are not very similar. They barely have a certain charm and aura. Their names and heights are written on the side.
"Ah Li?" the little maid followed beside her and read.
"Ali." The woman whispered.
"Miss, what's wrong?" The little maid looked towards the woman.
The woman looked at the portrait and suddenly smiled: "This little girl is really capable."
The little maid was stunned for a moment, and her eyes became a little silly when she looked at her.
The little maid has been with her for a month, and it seems that this is the first time she has seen her smile.
It's not a sneer or a sneer, it's a happy smile. The smile can spread from the corners of the lips under the veil to the corners of the eyes and eyebrows, and into the eyes.
And her eyes are really beautiful.
"Miss, do you know this Ah Li?" the little maid asked.
The woman smiled again, nodded, and turned back to the carriage.
The little maid glanced at the girl on the bulletin board again, turned around and caught up with the woman.
The coachman started driving again and the carriage ran forward.
The wind gradually got stronger, and the gauze covering the woman's face was blown away. She looked out the window and said: "The ancient capital of Yong'an was famous throughout the world nine hundred years ago. It belonged to the Wei State and was the hometown of Zhaoyi. At that time, all the heroes came together,
In the Central Plains, a hundred schools of thought contended, and schools competed. At that time, Yong'an was a place where talented scholars from all over the world came to compete. Among them, there was a family who liked to hold a banquet in Yong'an every year for academic discussions. Guess who it was."
She rarely said so much. The little maid shook her head blankly: "I don't know."
"The Zuilu Guo family." the woman said.
"Wow, there was a Guo family at that time?"
"The aristocratic family is flourishing and flourishing. There are many more children in their family than in the royal family. Not to mention anything else, there are three thousand people in the Qianmen Zhi'an clan," the woman said.
The little maid nodded in understanding and looked at the street outside the window, feeling that it was a world in another world.
The woman continued: "Emperor Hongde established Daqian and made his capital here. He worked hard to govern, appointed talents, and promulgated many regulations for promoting agricultural production and public security regulations. Yong'an was once again pushed into a prosperous state. At its peak, foreigners came from all directions to worship.
Businessmen came here in droves, merchants gathered here, and literati came from all directions. It was a truly prosperous age."
"Yes." The little maid responded.
"Such an ancient city has seen so many storms." The woman added, "Look at it, it's deserted now, and there don't seem to be many people there, but with the undercurrent hidden behind, who knows what kind of craze it will set off.
"
The little maid looked at the woman, paused, and said in a low voice: "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
"Happy."
"Happy?"
"Well, I'm glad," the woman smiled, "The troubled times are over, and I still have one life to witness, so I'm glad."
"But in troubled times, many innocent people will die. In troubled times, it is not good at all." The little maid looked at her and said.
Today's eldest lady seems to be very different and strange. She didn't speak much or express much during the journey. In addition, her face under the veil was so terrifying. The little maid always felt that this was the end of her life, and she was no different from the walking dead.
It's strange, but she can actually smile and say so many words, but the words she says... don't seem to be good things.
