The breeze blows the green willows, and the morning dew moistens the spring flowers. It is located in a slum area on the outskirts of Beijing. As early as dawn, many people get up and work hard for a day's livelihood.
A bullock cart stopped on the side of the road, and some people looked at the two people who were getting out of the car. When they saw the young man, many people were subconsciously stunned and thought to themselves: "Where did this young man come to a place like us?
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The young master should not have appeared in a slum area filled with garbage and sewage, but no matter how curious he was, he had to restrain his gaze and hurried past when he was glanced at by a middle-aged man.
It's obvious that you're bringing a servant here, so you can't afford to offend him.
"Lord, go through the alley in front of you, and you'll find the innermost one." The wild Taoist said to Su Ziji in a low voice.
His eyes fell on the puddle in front of him on the left and the dirt road in the depression on the right. Even though he was a wild man who had been living in poverty for many years and had to hang out with gangs in the county, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
=The smell permeating the air is not really good. In fact, before I received the news and came here, I couldn't believe that Qian Zhidong's woman and child had ended up living in this place.
But the fact is that after Qian Zhidong's accident, the woman who had no one to take care of her, even though she didn't have a lot of slaves, could only live here with a little maid and a newborn baby.
It wasn't even the wild people who found them first. The local gangsters who were afraid of harassing them nearby had already succeeded.
Taking a secret look at the lord whose face was as sinking as water, the wild Taoist was a little worried that his lord was not feeling well.
Although Su Ziji was silent for a moment, he just said lightly: "Let's go over and have a look."
"yes."
When they arrived at the entrance of the courtyard that the wild Taoist said, the harsh environment here was still somewhat beyond Su Ziji's expectations.
When Su Ziji had not left Linhua County and had not recovered his memories of his previous life, the area where he lived had many poor neighbors, but compared with this more abject and dirty environment at the foot of the emperor, it was still much better.
There was even the feces of children and dogs on the ground, and no one was cleaning it up.
Su Ziji took one look and looked away, looking inside through the old wooden door that couldn't block people.
It was such a coincidence that I happened to see a young woman with a baby on her back sitting in front of a basin, washing the child's clothes.
Although it was already March, it was not the warm spring after all. This woman was only a few months old at most, but she still had to do the laundry herself, which showed that she was in a difficult situation.
Although the clothes she was wearing were relatively thick, they were only half-worn clothes, just a Jingchai cloth skirt, which could not hide her beauty. However, she was reduced to this situation. The more outstanding her appearance, the more likely she is to live an uneasy life.
Beside it was a little girl of eleven or twelve years old, holding a heavy iron axe, chopping firewood again and again.
Apart from these three people, there was no one else in the dilapidated courtyard.
The wild Taoist explained in a low voice on the side: "It was okay originally. Qian Zhidong sent her back and arranged for a steward. There were only five or six maids and women. Although they were not rich, they were not worried. But since then
Qian Zhidong was escorted back to Beijing, the news spread, and the manager took the money and left."
"Some of the remaining maids and wives were sold by the stewards while others escaped. The most interesting thing is that one woman wanted to sell the mistress and the newly born young lady to a brothel.
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"There was only one little maid left to serve the woman closely. The woman who was found to have done something wrong was taken and hid with her, so she was not harmed."
"Now, they, master and servant, are living together with Qian Zhidong's newborn daughter. When I found her, she had just moved again and all her jewelry had been sold, so she could only live here."
As for the fact that the ruffian saw her beauty and almost succeeded in what he wanted to do, the wild Taoist thought about it for a while but didn't mention it.
Su Ziji listened quietly, sighing slightly when he thought of the Taohua Lane yard that had not been auctioned yet.
When he was prosperous, there were many properties in the capital city alone, but when he suffered a disaster, even his once-trusted loyal servants were hurt. It is no wonder that Qian Zhidong could only seek revenge on his own enemy in the end.
At least he didn't intend to make a mistake and even came to see this woman in advance.
Seeing it now, Su Ziji didn't know what it felt like. He was silent for a moment and then said to the wild Taoist: "Go and call the door."
The wild Taoist sighed and went to knock on the door. It turned out that the door was probably damaged by the gangsters who came to harass him. After knocking twice, he pushed it and opened it with a "boom".
Not only did it open, but the door was leaning against the wall. It was so miserable.
Wild Taoist: "..."
"Who are you?" The movement at the door immediately startled two women, one large and one small, in the courtyard. One of them stood up in a hurry with her child on her back and grabbed the stick, while the other held an iron ax in both hands and looked at the door tremblingly.
Her face was pale, and she was afraid that she would cry if she was frightened again.
The one who asked the question was the young woman.
Su Ziji glanced at the wild Taoist speechlessly, and raised his hands to the tired and vigilant young woman: "I came here because of Qian Zhidong."
It can be seen with the naked eye that as soon as these words came out, the eyes of this pretty woman, who was not wearing makeup but looked tired at the moment, lit up.
"Is it him, was he sent here? I knew it, I knew he wouldn't leave me and my daughter alone..."
These days were not long, but bad news came one after another. Many people said that Qian Zhidong was on death row. Some people also said that everyone in the Qian family was arrested, their homes were ransacked, and they were beheaded together. Some people said that it was not that serious.
But exile is indispensable.
Women always don't believe it. They always feel that if a great general is in trouble, don't he have an old friend or relative to help him?
Now that the wait was finally over, she threw the wooden stick to the ground, covered her face and started sobbing.
And her crying seemed to be a switch, and the baby she was carrying, together with the little maid, started crying too.
One cried like a cat, and the other's eyes were red, crying with joy.
Surrounded by the different cries, Su Ziji's expression became a little stiff.
You don't need to look at the wild Taoist to know that this person's situation is not much better than him now.
Two grown men, even those who once tricked people into selling their ancestral graves for profit, faced two weak women who had nothing to do with them, together with the cry of a newborn baby,
I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.
But after all, he was older and had seen more tragic things. The wild Taoist quickly woke up from this slight emotion.
He looked at Su Ziji and found that his lord was already in front of the woman.
"I don't want Qian Shuai to end up in such a miserable state after his death."
"These two banknotes total 200 taels, and you can keep these broken pieces of silver." Su Ziji thought for a while, took out the banknotes that he had prepared earlier, and took a look at the simple and thin clothes of her and the little maid.
After putting it on, he took five or six taels of broken silver and handed it over together.