Tong Fu'an looked at his younger brother and couldn't help hugging him and crying. Their parents died young and they were left alone. They were taken in by Yunmeng of the Qinglian Sect. They did some chores in the villa and practiced some martial arts with their senior brothers and sisters.
A few years have passed, and the two have humble status. Although the brothers and sisters have never abused them, it is inevitable for them to yell at each other. It seems that the master's martial arts secrets have never meant to be taught to them carefully. It is inevitable for the two brothers to hide behind their backs.
There were some complaints. One day, Tong Fuan accidentally heard his senior brother confiding that there was a peerless divine book "Ice and Fire Magic" in the scripture collection pavilion of the villa. As long as he could practice it, he would be invincible in the world, so he came up with the idea of stealing scriptures.
, the idea of escaping from the villa. Now that the scriptures have been stolen and he has escaped from the villa, he is about to become a eunuch. What will happen if the Tong family has no heirs?
Duanmumeng was looking at their brothers with a sullen face and asked: "Have you thought about it? If you don't want to, no one will force you, just get out."
Across the wall, Tong Fu'an heard the rapid footsteps outside. He looked at Duanmu Mengzheng and nodded desperately.
Duanmu Mengzheng had a smile on his face and ordered his servants: "Take them to the purification master." After saying that, he turned around and left. The servants took the order and came over and said to brother Tong Fu'an: "Let's go, don't cry so much.
, Uncle Guo has taken a liking to you, that's your blessing. He has been looking for someone for a long time, but he has never found one he likes. He sees that you two are handsome and clever, so he gave you this opportunity. If you are favored by the empress in the future,
Even dignitaries have to give in, what an honor!"
Tong Fu'an thought about his words and felt that there was some truth to them. Apart from that, the two of them would probably have no chance of getting ahead. Rather than living on the streets like bereft dogs, they might as well endure the pain and go to the palace, where they still have a glimmer of hope. He stopped.
Feeling sad, he took his younger brother up and resolutely followed the servant to find the purifier.
The man asked them to change into clean clothes and let them sit in a small sedan. After half an hour, he carried them to a low earth house and stopped, let them get off the sedan, and then patted the door. After a while, the door
It opened with a creak, and an old man as thin as a withered wood appeared at the door. His eyes were as cloudy as dead fish and looked weird and terrifying. Tong Fu'an and Tong Fu'an couldn't help but stand close to each other, showing timidity on their faces.
"These two people are left to you to take good care of. They were chosen by the uncle to be dedicated to the queen." The servants of the uncle's house told the old man. It seems that he is the purification master.
"Yeah." The old man had no expression on his face, looking at Tong Fu'an brother and motioning for them to come in. Tong Fu'an took his brother and entered the house bravely.
The purification room is a small independent room in the backyard, built with broken bricks and broken bricks. "Isn't this a sweet potato kang?" Tong Fu'an asked carefully after entering, looking at the room.
The old man looked at him and spoke quietly, his voice coming from hell: "To grow sweet potatoes in the countryside, you must first use a hot kang to heat them for germination. The cleansing room is used together with the sweet potato kang. The surface of the kang is paved with bricks because after the purification,
A month's worth of urine and feces are often spilled on the kang, which cannot be done without bricks. If it is made of adobe, it will turn into mud. The person who wants to purge has to wail like a ghost for three or four days before he can get over. This is not the case.
Who can stand the sweet potato kang of a single family?"
Tong Fu'an and Tong Fuquan listened to his words, their legs shaking like chaff.
"Let's get on the kang." The old purification master pointed to the kang and said, "Who comes first?"
"Brother--" Tong Fuquan hid behind Tong Fu'an, and Tong Fu'an looked at the kang. There was a door panel on the kang. It was very narrow, only enough for one person to lie down. The two ends were padded with bricks, and it was four or five inches high from the kang.
, the wooden board was surrounded by straw, which was damp. There was also some black congealed blood on the kang, which made him feel nauseous.
"Hurry up!" the old man urged. Because the Tong Fu'an brothers did not have their parents accompanying them, and they did not bring any gifts, the ablution master dispensed with the etiquette.
Tong Fuan bravely climbed onto the kang, clenched his fists and closed his eyes. Tong Fuquan did not dare to witness his brother's purification, so he turned around and ran out of the house in tears.
The purifier brought straps and tied Tong Fu'an's lower abdomen and upper thighs tightly. Then a disciple brought him pepper water. The old man dipped a cloth ball in the water and carefully washed Tong Fu'an's lower body.
Fu'an's teeth chattered, and the despair and fear in his heart surged.
"Tie his hands and feet." The old man ordered his disciples.
Tong Fu'an's hands and feet were quickly tied up by the purification master's disciples to prevent him from moving around in pain and affecting the operation.
The purifier came over with a scimitar that was as sharp as a sickle. Tong Fuan turned his head to one side and closed his eyes tightly. Following a burst of severe pain, he let out a shrill scream——
Recalling this, Tong Fu'an's cloudy eyes were filled with tears. Over the years, that scene replayed in his dreams countless times, waking him up from his dreams countless times. The pain at that time was unforgettable.
After the two brothers survived for a month, they were finally able to walk on the ground and became real eunuchs. They were sent to the palace by Duanmu Mengzheng. Because of their outstanding appearance and articulate speech, they won the favor of Queen Duanmu Yunji and became
Duanmu Yunji's confidant.
Tong Fu'an frowned when he thought of his younger brother Tong Fuquan. He had not been heard from for such a long time, so he must have died a violent death. Thinking of this, his eyes flashed fiercely, and the joints of his clenched fists creaked.
He stood up suddenly, strode to the door of the house, kicked open the door and rushed in. He walked to the bed and lifted up little Gudong.
"What are you doing?" Little Gudong stayed with this devil and never dared to fall asleep. He opened his eyes and asked in surprise.
"Let me ask you, did you guys kill my brother?" Tong Fuan's eyes were filled with coldness.
"Who is your brother? We don't know each other." Xiao Gudong recalled the white-haired father-in-law killed in the ruined temple, and guessed that he must be Tong Fu'an's brother, but in this situation, how could he dare to admit that they killed him.
"On the way from Xiling to Tangling, didn't you pass by a bus with white hair and a look similar to mine?" Tong Fu'an asked sharply.
"He has white hair and looks similar to you?" Little Gudong pretended to be thinking.
"Yes! Have you seen it?" Tong Fuan was holding the little Gudong like an eagle holding a chick.
"White-haired father-in-law," Xiao Gudong looked at Tong Fu'an and said as if he suddenly remembered something, "white-haired father-in-law, he is about the same as you. I have seen him before."
"Have you ever fought? Did you kill him?" Tong Fu'an asked excitedly, spittle splashing on little Gudong's face.
"No, we didn't kill him. Our sister Xiaozhu was almost killed by him." Xiao Gudong tilted his head in disgust and answered him.
"Be specific! What happened? You didn't kill him, so where did he go? Why have he and the people he brought with him not come back until now?" Tong Fu'an asked.