Xia Zhaoyi is not very strong, so holding the door open like this is actually no deterrent.
But Aunt Feng looked into her eyes and suddenly lost the strength to close the door.
Her eyes were very dull, without any emotion or anger at all, but she could read a hint of frivolity and disdain.
"They are thieves who kill without batting an eyelid." Aunt Feng said somewhat uncomfortably.
"Then when you killed someone, did you blink?"
Aunt Feng was shocked.
"I could have left long ago, but I stayed because I couldn't bear it. Even if I called the officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits, have you ever thought about what would happen to you? Or if you were killed by these horse thieves first, it would be hard for them, so what?
You will be left free and unrestrained. Or you may be treated as an accomplice by the government. Young girls may escape, but you servants and wives will be exiled even if they are not beheaded. And you, do you think you will
Is there any treatment like exile? Even," Xia Zhaoyi said slowly, "those who have been oppressed by you will come out to identify you and throw dirty water on you, and you won't even get the treatment of beheading."
Aunt Feng's heart palpitated and her eyes straightened.
She vaguely remembered that many, many years ago, she followed her master from the medicine hall to consult people. She often encountered criminals executing executions when passing by Caishikou.
She didn't dare to look, covering her ears and striding forward, she could still hear the screams coming from behind.
After returning, the people dispersed, leaving only a pool of blood washed by water on the ground.
What cannot be flushed out will remain dazzling no matter how many times it is flushed.
The blood often entered her dreams, and she would wake up in a cold sweat. She would hold the corner of her quilt and remain motionless, waiting for dawn.
How old was she then?
Aunt Feng's blurred vision fell on the girl in front of her and gradually came into focus.
I must have had such clear eyes at that time.
Like spring breeze and stream water, fragrant green peach.
There are too many expectations for the future.
The tall figure of the boy next door, the beloved husband in the storyteller's storybook, and the young knights and knights who passed by on horseback all once made her fall in love.
I have been unfair when things were unfair, and rejoiced when things were happy. Happiness and anger are reflected in the color, so there is no need to hide the depth.
The years are like the bright sunshine of the lake, reflecting the Tangli iris along the shore. Those prosperous years in the past, now she can only look up in the water.
She was suffocating, and all she could see were ripples on the water, blue ripples trembling slightly, blurry and ethereal.
I have never felt this kind of despair before. I don’t know why, but at that time I felt despair and hopelessness, but now I feel like I am lost.
"Aren't you prepared at all?" The boy's scolding sounded again, "You are so lazy and you are so brave. I don't think you can even think about it easy!"
"Hurry up and bring the wine and meat for me first. Madam and the young masters, too. Who the hell has the heart to wait for you to delay!" Another boy also scolded.
Tired and sleepy, their tempers were even more irritable than usual, and their moods were extremely bad. However, these women had no eyesight at all.
"Still slow!"
Seeing the girl in front of her still clumsily washing vegetables at the well, Sanguang walked quickly, grabbed the girl, pulled her clothes and hair as if to vent her anger, and threw her to the ground.
The girl's panicked screams rang out, and the others just stayed away from each other for fear of being beaten and scolded too.
Aunt Feng raised her eyes and stared there with a confused expression.
"I'm asking you one last time, Aunt Feng, if you want to leave. If you want to leave, I can stay one more night. If you don't want to leave, then I will leave now. As for any business, I only take care of it once and will never look back."
Zhaoyi said again.
After a short moment of silence, Aunt Feng whispered: "I, I don't dare."
Xia Zhaoyi sighed inwardly and said, "What you are holding in your hand is Wu Da's token and jade pendant. Were you afraid of this person at the beginning?"
"Afraid."
"What about now, are you still afraid?"
Aunt Feng lowered her head and rubbed the token in her hand.
"He is already dead. Are all the horse thieves on the mountain dead and you don't have the courage to leave? You are not afraid of them, but afraid of them in your own heart. You are a slave and you can't help yourself. There is nothing you can do.
But the heart and the spirit are willing to be slaves, which is truly terrifying." Xia Zhaoyi said again.
She doesn't like to talk so much, and she doesn't like to preach to others.
But Qian Qianqian said that Aunt Feng had defended her in front of Mrs. Bian before. Although she did not need Aunt Feng to do this for her, she could imagine how dangerous the situation was at that time.
Just like before, she accepted the favor.
Aunt Feng fixedly looked at the token in her hand, her eyes swept over the sword slash marks on it, and she gently wiped it with her rough fingers.
"Ah Li," Aunt Feng said softly, looking up at Xia Zhaoyi, and finally made up her mind, "I'm betting."
It's indeed a gamble.
She had never met the knight that Ah Li was talking about, and she had not yet determined whether what the girl said was credible.
But compared to the two, he remains in the dark and as humble as a dog.
And if you leave, you will die at worst. If you are cheated again, can it be worse than now?
And since it is a bet, the chance of winning is half. If she can really leave, what kind of life will she face?
This expectation made Aunt Feng's blood boil again.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "Okay, just think of it as a bet."
"What should I do? Can we start preparations now? When should we leave? Should I go find Yu Erniang now?" Aunt Feng asked.
Xia Zhaoyi looked up at the sky and tapped his left thumb on his index, middle and ring fingers to start preparations.
She looked back at Aunt Feng's face and said, "Aunt Feng, maybe I'm not good at words and didn't express myself clearly, so you misunderstood."
"What?"
"When I say leave, it's not just us. Don't you think that I will just take you with me? If there are Yu Ma and Qian Qianqian, the four of us will leave together, right?"
Aunt Feng paused slightly, she indeed thought so.
The reason why she thought Ah Li would take her with her was because she was close to Yu's mother and couldn't hide it from her, so she just didn't hide it.
Moreover, she is the backyard manager and can make many arrangements, such as who should be sent away, and who should be asked to do what work.
Otherwise, with her friendship with Ah Li, how could she take her?
"What I have been thinking is, either I go alone or I take everyone with me. You are the core, so I came to ask you. You may have misunderstood." Xia Zhaoyi said again.
"Everyone?" Aunt Feng couldn't even think about it, "You want to take all of us away?"
"Since you are betting, let's bet bigger." Xia Zhaoyi laughed, raised his hand slightly and pointed at the sky, "Today we will use the world as the game and life as the bargaining chip to make this bet."
"Overnight? Why overnight?!" Siguang slapped the table angrily, "Can't your noses smell it?"
Aunt Fang didn't want to go there, so she motioned to the servants next to her with her eyes to go over.
But in this situation, who dares to seek death?
"We have worked hard for so long, and you just give us this?" Sanguang smashed the bowl on the ground.
The porcelain bowl broke into pieces, and the flying pieces flew around.
The rice that fell on the ground made many people feel distressed.
"Want to eat it?" Sanguang shouted angrily, "Kneel down and lick it!"
Aunt Fang lowered her face, pretended not to notice, and continued working with a suppressed tone.
At this time, a figure walked out quickly from the southwest corner of the courtyard, and everyone looked over.
Sanguang and Siguang also raised their heads.
"Snapped!"
Aunt Feng raised her hand and slapped Sanguang hard on the face.
