Li Ge is a rough man in his forties with a blue flag. He serves as the gatekeeper of the west gate of Shangyang Fort. He is a low-ranking official. But he has a bad temper and loves to gamble. Usually, he has a bad temper.
He lost nine out of ten bets and relied on his ancestors' military exploits to win over this little gatekeeper. He lives with his mother-in-law Dongzhu in a remote alley in the West City. The yard is neither big nor small, but compared to the banner families in the same city, it is
It was very shabby. They had no children, so in addition to their husband and wife, there were three Wu Ni slaves who were assigned to his family as slaves. The three Wu Ni slaves were one boy and two girls. The boy was called Xiao Zhenghua, and the two girls were named Xiao Zhenghua.
Mother and daughter, mother Chen and daughter Ayun.
Xiao Zhenghua is in his early thirties. When Wu Sangui raised an army, Sichuan Admiral Zheng Jiaolin and Northern Sichuan Military Officer Tan Hong raised troops to respond. Tan Hong was from Wanxian County, Sichuan, and was originally the military commander of the Ming Dynasty. In the third year of Shunzhi, Tan Hong and his younger brother
Tan Yi and Tan both defected to Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Tan Hong was named "Xinjin Marquis", and his two younger brothers were also promoted to Dukes. The three Tan brothers ruled Sichuan for a long time and competed with the generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty until the 10th year of Shunzhi.
In the sixth year, Tan Hong and Tan Yicai surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Tan Hong was granted the title of "Muyihou" and granted the post of chief military officer in northern Sichuan. Zheng Jiaolin, the former capital of the Ming Dynasty, came to the Qing Dynasty from Songshan before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.
, became the admiral of Sichuan. After Tan and Zheng raised troops to respond to Wu Sangui, Wu named Tan "General of Northern Sichuan" and Jiaolin as "General Governor". At that time, Xiao Zhenghua was appointed as the commander of the Governor's Biaoying of Governor General Zheng Jiaolin.
In short, he had no intention of rebellion, but the officials raised troops to respond to King Pingxi's rebellion, so he had no choice but to follow. In the end, he went to the dark side and became a member of Wu Ni who was sent to outside the pass.
Xiao Zhenghua was born in the Green Camp of Sichuan and was not a direct descendant of the Wu Army. According to the classification of the old Wu Army camp, he was a member of the attached Green Camp. However, because the Sichuan soldiers and horses were the first to respond, the old Wu Army troops in Shangyang Fort generally regarded Xiao Zhenghua and other Sichuan soldiers and horses as their own.
, the relationship is closer than those from Huguang.
On this day, Xiao Zhenghua was assigned by the banner chief to escort a batch of tributes to Ninggu Pagoda. When he came back, Li Ge was not at home, so he went to see his wife Dongzhu and reported to her that the errand was completed.
Dongzhu sent him to the backyard to do chores. As soon as he entered the backyard, he couldn't wait to shout: "Yun'er, Yun'er!"
"Uncle Xiao, you are back!"
The kitchen door was opened with a bang, and a little girl of about eleven or twelve years old with long braids came out with a pot of cabbage, ran and jumped in front of Xiao Zhenghua, and said with a smile: "My mother said that Xiao
Uncle should be back in the next two days. I was talking about you yesterday, but I didn’t expect Uncle Xiao to really come back today!"
The little girl is very cute, with two braids that make people very happy at first sight. Her father was a guerrilla under Xia Guozhu's tent. After his death in the war, he left behind his wife Chen and his daughter Ayun. Later, the mother and daughter met Xiao Zhenghua.
When the Wu army surrendered, they were sent to Liaodong together, and they were assigned to Li Ge's family. Because Xiao Zhenghua was almost thirty years old and had never had a family. He was lonely these years, so he treated Ayun as his daughter.
Although he was bullied and dared not resist, if someone wanted to bully Chen and his daughter, he would immediately stand up for them. Because of this, he was severely beaten by Li Ge, and the scar on his back was from that time
Leftovers after a severe beating.
Xiao Zhenghua may have developed an admiration for Chen, but this sturdy man has never expressed his love in front of Chen. Even if he can't say more than three words in front of Chen, his face will be as red as anything. More
, he transformed his love for Chen into his love for Yun'er, as if this was the only way to express his love for Chen.
"Do you miss Uncle Xiao?"
Xiao Zhenghua took a cabbage leaf from the basin in Yun'er's hand and put it into his mouth to chew. At the same time, he took out an object wrapped in coarse cloth from his arms and whispered to Yun'er, "Uncle Xiao brought you something."
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"What?"
Yun'er curiously stared at the coarse cloth in Xiao Zhenghua's hand. Xiao Zhenghua originally wanted her to guess, but when he thought of Yun'er's envy when he mentioned the red silk in front of him for the first time, he gave up the idea and layered the coarse cloth with a smile.
The layer was lifted, revealing a section of red silk.
"Ah! It's red silk!"
Yun'er quickly took the red silk from Xiao Zhenghua's hand, played with it on both sides of her head happily, and asked Xiao Zhenghua with a little childishness: "Uncle Xiao, how am I?"
"Okay, this red silk flower was born for us, Yun'er."
Xiao Zhenghua looked at Yun'er playing with the piece of red silk on his head with soft eyes. This red silk was something he secretly bought for Yun'er at the risk of beheading. Now that Yun'er is so happy, he is also happy from the bottom of his heart.
No matter how hard it is, no matter how dangerous it is, it's all worth it.
"Where's your mother?"
He glanced into the kitchen and didn't see Mrs. Chen. Xiao Zhenghua asked Yun'er a little strangely, because besides being sent out to buy groceries by Dongzhu, Mrs. Chen basically never left the front door or stepped outside the second door.
Stay in this little kitchen.
Yun'er carefully folded the red silk and put it in her arms carefully before saying, "My mother was taken out by the master early in the morning. I don't know what to do."
"Going out early in the morning?"
Why did Brother Li take Chen out so early in the morning? Xiao Zhenghua thought for a while and felt that nothing would happen, so he said to Yun'er: "Go and give Uncle Xiao some hot food. Uncle Xiao is hungry."
"Um."
Yun'er glanced at the front yard warily, and then whispered to Xiao Zhenghua: "The master brought back a piece of venison for the first time. After my mother cooked it, she secretly cut a small piece and hid it under the stove, saying that she would give it to you when you come back.
You eat, I will heat it up for Uncle Xiao to eat now."
"Okay, thank your mother for me."
When Xiao Zhenghua heard that there was deer meat to eat, he swallowed his throat and told Yun'er to be careful not to be discovered by Dongzhu, so he did some chores in the backyard. Although Yun'er was not old, his hands and feet were nimble, and he quickly secretly
After heating the piece of venison, Xiao Zhenghua was too embarrassed to eat it alone, so he gave half of it to Yun'er. Yun'er said he didn't want it, but Xiao Zhenghua forced him to eat it. After eating this small piece of venison, Xiao Zhenghua's stomach
Feeling more at ease, I did my chores while waiting for Mrs. Chen to come back.
However, until it got dark, neither Mrs. Chen nor Brother Li came back. Xiao Zhenghua had a bad feeling because this kind of thing had never happened before. He was a little panicked and couldn't calm down, so he kicked
He kicked away a few firewood piled in front of him and prepared to go to the front yard to ask Dongzhu what happened. Just as he was about to go over, he was grabbed by Yun'er: "Uncle Xiao, what are you going to do?"
Xiao Zhenghua took her hand and said, "I'm going to ask my wife why your mother hasn't come back yet."
Yun'er pointed to the front yard and said softly: "My wife seems to be sleeping on the bed. Uncle Xiao, please take me with you."
He just went to Dongzhu to ask why he hadn't come back yet. Xiao Zhenghua didn't think of anything else. It didn't matter if Yun'er followed him, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, you follow me." After that, he walked to the front yard.
go.
Dongzhu and Brother Li's house was in the front yard. Xiao Zhenghua and Yun'er walked to the door of the house and stopped. He respectfully called out in a low voice: "Madam, I want to ask the master and Yun'er's mother.
What's wrong, why haven't you come back so late?"
"All work done?"
Dongzhu's voice in the room was lazily, and it sounded like she was already in bed.
Xiao Zhenghua pulled Yun'er behind him and replied into the house: "To tell you what, madam, the work in the backyard is done."
"When you're done, go back to your room and stay there. What do you, a slave, have to ask about the master's affairs? Are you able to take care of it?"
After Dong Zhu said these words, she stopped answering Xiao Zhenghua, which made Xiao Zhenghua very angry. Yun'er behind him burst into tears when Dong Zhu said this. When Xiao Zhenghua saw it, he hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of Yun'er's eyes with his sleeves. With tears, he said to the room: "But..."
Before he finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Dongzhu in the room: "What's the big deal? I asked you to go back, didn't you hear? Hey, it's really strange. How does the master deal with his slaves? Do you have to do the same? Is this slave asking for permission? If you continue to stand outside, when the master comes back, I will ask him to sell you too!"
Upon hearing Dongzhu's words, Xiao Zhenghua's expression changed and he couldn't help but tremble. Thinking that Brother Li used to take things from home to sell them, he felt nervous.
What if Brother Li really sells the Chen family? What should Yuner do? What should I do?
A series of thoughts flashed through Xiao Zhenghua's head. Thinking that Chen might really be sold to someone else by Li Ge, he felt dizzy. No, I must ask for it! He turned around and glanced at the courtyard gate, and saw Bing Bing. Coming over, he made a move and stretched out his hand to open the door.
Seeing the door suddenly opened, Dongzhu, who was lazily wearing a thin coat and counting coins, screamed in fright: "Who!" When he saw that it was his own slave, his face turned cold and he cursed: "You slave? How brave, who let you in?"
"I just want to ask Yun'er why her mother hasn't come back yet. Please tell me, madam." Xiao Zhenghua knew about Dongzhu's character and felt angry, but he didn't dare to show it. He replied in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
"What do you, a slave, want to ask about Master?"
Dongzhu put the box on the bed, pointed at Xiao Zhenghua and Yun'er behind him angrily, and shouted: "Get out of here quickly, your bones are itchy, why, you were beaten lightly by the master this time." !”
Yun'er was frightened by Dongzhu's appearance and hid behind Xiao Zhenghua, afraid of her.
"Please tell my wife where Mr. Chen is. As soon as my wife tells me, my little horse will go down."
Having already entered the house, there was no way he could escape despite this discussion, but how could Xiao Zhenghua be willing to go down without asking about Chen's whereabouts.
Dongzhu ignored Xiao Zhenghua's request at all. She moved her chubby body to the edge of the kang with great effort and cursed loudly: "You slave is really too brave. Don't you dare not listen to the master's words! If you don't give it to me again, Get out of here, and when the master comes back, I will sell you and this damn girl together, so that you don’t have to stay in front of me and be annoying."
Hearing this, Xiao Zhenghua was furious, thinking something must have happened to Mr. Chen, otherwise Dongzhu would not have delayed telling him Mr. Chen's whereabouts, and Dongzhu's tone became more and more obvious, Li Ge might really Sold the Chen family!
Seeing Dongzhu pointing at him and cursing, the veins in Xiao Zhenghua's neck bulged, his hands clenched into fists unconsciously, and his lower teeth began to tremble. Yun'er also heard from Dongzhu's words that he might never see her again. The mother was anxious and scared, tears kept falling, but she was afraid of Dongzhu, so she held back her voice and did not dare to cry.
"Damn girl, why don't you get out of here!" Dongzhu was furious when she saw Yun'er's aggrieved look. She picked up a table and a bamboo basket and threw it at it. Yun'er was so frightened that she hurriedly hid aside.
"stop!"
Seeing that Dongzhu wanted to use something to hit Yun'er again, Xiao Zhenghua's anger was suddenly ignited and he couldn't help shouting. Now that he had entered the house, he simply forced her to reveal Chen's whereabouts. Thinking of this, he didn't wait.
When Dongzhu made another move, he rushed in front of her, stared at her and shouted: "Where is Yun'er's mother? Tell me quickly!"
"You slave, you are so brave, you dare to speak to me like this!"
Dongzhu didn't expect that Xiao Zhenghua would dare to do this to her. She angrily picked up a copper pot and threw it at him: "You are a killer, wait until I come back and break your legs!"
"Say it quickly!"
Xiao Zhenghua waved his hand and knocked the copper pot aside. He grabbed Dongzhu and shouted sternly: "Tell me where Yun'er's mother is. If you don't tell me, I will strangle you to death right now!"