Several servants held Yuan Yuan up and threw her in front of a corpse covered with white cloth.
One of them said coldly: "Let's see if this is your mother..."
Yuan Yuan was frightened and her body could not stop shaking.
He slowly lowered his head and looked at the body covered with white cloth, then slowly stretched out his hand and pulled open the white cloth.
When I saw the face clearly under the white cloth, tears instantly filled my eyes. .??.
Under the white cloth, who could it be if it wasn't her mother?
The bony face was covered with scars, and he obviously suffered great pain before his death.
The man who looked like a housekeeper took out a small sling of copper coins from his sleeve and said, "This is the burial fee my father-in-law gave you. Take him back and bury him alive."
This was the first time Yuan Yuan felt the gap between the rich and the poor.
The rich are well-dressed and well-fed, and have people waiting for them in everything they do.
The poor, on the other hand, can only do the most menial jobs. If they lose their lives, all they get is a drop of copper coins and the words "have a good burial."
Are the lives of poor people so worthless?
Human life is as cheap as grass, it waxes and wanes every year...
Yuan Yuan pursed her lips tightly.
The housekeeper seemed to feel sorry for her, so he took out another small amount of money and said, "This money should be considered as compensation for you. It will be enough for you to live for a period of time."
Yuan Yuan did not reach out to take the money, but kept holding her mother's cold hand.
The housekeeper had no choice but to force the money into her arms.
Then he waved his hand and said: "Be sure to send them back to their residence."
Yuan Yuan kept looking at her mother's face without saying a word, and even the expression on her face did not change.
Even if those handymen and servants later robbed her of her money, she remained silent.
"Looks like you are really stupid."
"Okay, just leave her alone and let's leave quickly."
"That's right, it's very unlucky to carry a dead person."
After several people finished speaking, they overturned the stretcher carrying the body and threw the body casually in the alley.
Then, they turned around and left without looking back.
It wasn't until long after they left that Yuan Yuan's tears finally Yu slipped from his eye sockets.
She crawled to her mother's side, threw herself on her mother, and wiped the muddy water on her mother's face with her clothes, which had few pieces of good fabric left.
"mother……"
There were no other words, just a low moan calling for my mother.
That kind of look is like a deer on the grassland. Its mother was killed by a wolf, but it didn't want to leave. It just stayed by its mother's side and whined softly.
However, her mother would never respond to her.
The little girl, whose fingers were bursting with frostbite and bleeding, cleaned her mother's face and helped her stumble out of the alley.
He came to the street and knelt beside his mother's body.
This scene is not surprising in this era.
There is no need to shout, others will know what she wants to do.
But who would be willing to spend money on a girl who is thin and doesn't know how long she can live.
People walking back and forth on the road seemed to feel bad luck just by looking at her.
At this time, a woman suddenly came over.
The woman looked at Yuan Yuan carefully for a long time, and finally looked down at the cold corpse.
Immediately afterwards, the woman sneered: "It's really the Bodhisattva who caused this despicable prostitute to die on the street."
Yuan Yuan raised her head and looked straight at the woman.
"how?"
"How dare you, the little bastard born of a filthy whore, look at me?"
The woman waved her hand, and several evil servants appeared behind her.
"Go and throw that scumbag's body into a mass grave and feed it to the dogs."
Several evil servants stepped forward as if there was no one around and were about to drag away Yuan Yuan's mother's body.
Yuan Yuan lay on her mother's body and held on tightly, her hands covered with frostbite bleeding.
Several evil servants looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
At this time, the woman said fiercely: "You haven't eaten yet."
Food?”
"Why don't you do what I say quickly? If this despicable whore can even leave a piece of her intact body, you all can get out of here."
"No, my mother is not!"
Yuan Yuan cried and screamed at the woman: "My mother is not a prostitute, my mother is not."
"Your mother is a prostitute who specializes in seducing other men."
"Otherwise, why would there be a little bastard like you?"
The woman looked at the evil servants and said fiercely: "What are you waiting for? Why don't you take action quickly?"
The evil servants no longer hesitated, picked up the body and left.
Yuan Yuan pulled her mother's body, crying and begging, but what was the use?
"Little bastard, let go, let go..." ??
An evil servant raised his leg and kicked Yuan Yuan hard on the stomach.
Yuan Yuan almost fainted from the pain, but she still held her mother's arm and refused to let go.
Seeing this, the evil servant immediately planned to add insult to injury.
"Stop it all!"
A slightly childish scolding came from afar.
The evil servant looked up and saw a richly dressed boy walking towards this side with two teenagers.
The two young men were both tall and tall, one was relatively thin, and the other was as strong as an ox.
At this moment, the two of them were following their master closely, not daring to leave.
And who else could these three people be?
It is nothing more than a new combination in Chang'an City after the three gangsters in the early Tang Dynasty.
Known as the cheating trio.
The members of the cheating trio are naturally led by the eldest prince Li Chengqian, with Chang Sun Chong and Cheng Huailiang as his right-hand men.
Then Li Chengqian stepped into the crowd and looked at this skinny guy.
At this time, Yuan Yuan still held on to her mother's arm and refused to let go, even if her hands were bleeding and even if she almost fainted from being kicked.
Li Chengqian shook his head and sighed: "What a silly girl. If you had stayed in my house, wouldn't this matter be over?" > After saying that, he looked at the few evil slaves around him: "Just go ahead and do what you have to do. Rabbits bite people when they are anxious. Don't bully people too much."
That woman was also the daughter of a high-ranking official. When she saw Li Chengqian, she recognized his identity.
The woman quickly winked at several servants.
Immediately afterwards, several servants and the women left without looking back.
Li Chengqian turned back to Changsun Chong and said, "Brother Chong, go back and call someone to help her bury her mother."
Changsun Chong nodded and immediately turned back to call for help.
Li Chengqian squatted beside Yuan Yuan.
Maybe it's because of her pity.
Maybe it's because of her simplicity.
Or maybe it's because of her naivety.
Anyway, he doesn't know when, but he has engraved the appearance of this little girl in his heart.
Li Chengqian took out the handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to her.
Yuan Yuan took the handkerchief and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.
Then she looked down at the handkerchief that was stained by herself, with an apologetic look on her face, and whispered: "I will return it to you after I wash it clean."
"It's not necessary. I still have many more such veils, so I'll give you this one."
Li Chengqian smiled softly and said: "Come to my house to work. I will ensure that you have enough to eat every day, as well as chicken legs."
She had not promised Li Chengqian before.
And this time, she still didn't agree to Li Chengqian.
She could have lived a good life, but she didn't want charity from others.
Especially the charity given by the person in front of me.
Li Chengqian sighed helplessly and touched his waist.
Coincidentally, he usually brought some coins with him, but today he didn't even bring a money bag.
In the end, he had no choice but to take off the jade pendant he carried with him and hand it to her.
"This should still be worth some money, let's use it to make a living."
After saying that, he didn't care if Yuan Yuan wanted to do it or not, he just got up and left.
And Yuan Yuan just stared at Li Chengqian's back for a long, long time...