It is said that the eunuch Kou Agui, who was the confidant of Princess Yan's wife, received a letter from his younger brother, saying that his sister-in-law had given birth to a child, and invited him to go back for a drink. He then happily packed up the gifts and left. He didn't want to accidentally enter a dark shop on the way and eat two cups of wine.
The world was spinning and everyone was unconscious. When he came back to his senses, he found that he was tied up and lying on his back in a large carriage. The carriage was very old and had no roof. The carriage was covered with grass and smelled rancid. Kou Agui struggled to sit up.
However, the carriage was running very fast and bumping violently. Kou Agui had just barely raised his body when it bumped twice and lay down again.
After running for more than two hours, the sky was getting dark and the carriage suddenly stopped. A man was heard saying: "I wonder if you're awake yet." Kou Agui quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be unconscious.
With a "click", the car door opened, as if someone climbed into the car. Then another man said: "I'm not awake yet."
The first one said: "It's better if you don't wake up and save a dinner."
Only then did Kou Agui realize that he was hungry and quickly grunted twice. The latter said: "It's okay, just stop talking. You have always been a crow. Wake up."
Kou Agui pretended to be dazed and opened his eyes, only to see a tall and muscular man standing with his arms akimbo in the car looking down at him. Kou Agui thought about it briefly and realized that even if he was not tied up, he would probably not be able to beat this man. After a while, outside the car,
The man said: "Are you awake?"
The man in the car said: "Wake up." He bent down and grabbed Kou Agui's rope and lifted him up.
Kou Agui was so frightened that he shouted: "Who are you! What do you want to do in broad daylight?"
The man under the car smiled and said: "The sun has set! There is no broad daylight."
The man in the car strode towards the side of the car. The car was shaking and creaking as he stepped on it, and it looked like it was about to fall apart. He jumped out of the car with a big living person in his hands. Although he had no
Kou Agui was shocked. He saw a farm in front of him, and a spade and a hoe were thrown at the door of the farm. Seeing that Kou Agui stood firm, the man left him and walked in, saying: "Be honest if you don't want to starve to death."
Kou Agui was not one to suffer immediate losses, so he hurriedly followed up and asked: "May I ask who the two heroes are? Why are you arresting the villain?"
The man who was waiting under the car just now smiled and said, "Can't you tell? We are human beings and we just bought you."
Kou Agui was startled: "Uncle! I am a good citizen!"
The man said leisurely: "Of course we know you are a good citizen. These days, all the federal territories are good people, and God knows how many escaped slaves there are."
Kou Agui said: "The villain is really not a runaway slave!"
"So what if it is? So what if it's not?" The man said, "If you are sold to the Western Chu League, you will be a slave."
"Xi Chu Alliance?"
"There is no market for people anywhere else. Fortunately, people there are more expensive to sell." The man sighed, "The market is getting smaller and smaller, and business is getting harder and harder."
Kou Agui hurriedly said: "Uncle, if that's the case, why don't you change your career?"
The man said: "This business has low capital and high profits. It's not so easy to do anything else."
The man in front said: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Just a few words."
The two of them stopped talking and led Kou Agui into a side room, locked the door and went out. Kou Agui took a look and found that the walls of the side room were empty. They talked about swords and other things that could be easily used to cut ropes, and there was not even a corner of the table.
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After waiting for a cup of tea, a boy of twelve or thirteen years old came in, carrying a stool in one hand and a bowl of white rice in the other. He threw the stool in front of Kou Agui, put the rice on the stool, and untied the rope on Kou Agui's right hand.
Kou Agui stood next to him with his arms folded. Kou Agui was so hungry that he went to the rice and wolfed it down in the blink of an eye. Kou Agui was thinking about how to talk to the young man, when the young man struck like lightning and tied his right hand back.
He took the empty bowl and stool and left. Kou Agui called him but he just ignored him.
Half an hour later, it was completely dark. There were footsteps outside, and candlelight flickered. An old woman with a wrinkled face came in holding a candle, and the man who took Agui out of the car followed her. The old woman took a closer look.
Kou Agui spent half a day opening his mouth to check his teeth. Even though Kou Agui had been a slave for half his life, he still felt unhappy in his heart. The old woman nodded and said: "Okay." Kou Agui felt a chill in his heart - he was afraid that he was going to be changed hands.
Not long after, another man whom he had never seen before walked in and pushed Kou Agui out and into another carriage. The carriage immediately started running, jolting all night long so that Kou Agui could not even think about the princess, let alone the princess.
His younger brother.
After struggling like this for several days, Kou Agui was finally sold into a pottery workshop and made pottery together with more than 40 kiln workers. When it was first delivered, someone asked Kou Agui's name and laughed and shouted: "Uncle Agui!
There's a new Agui!" An old kiln worker smiled and waved to Kou Agui from behind a pile of pottery blanks, looking very friendly.
It was summer at this time, it was extremely hot, and the kiln was still open. Fortunately, the owner of the workshop was kind-hearted, had good food and clothing, and did not give him much work. At first, Kou Agui missed his original master very much and was worried about the confiscated accounts.
The unfinished errands gradually faded away as the days went by, and I also learned the skill of making pottery.
In the blink of an eye, autumn came, and the owner of the workshop said that business was slow and he wanted to sell some people for money. The next day, he took Kou Agui and five other people to the market and sold them. It was the autumn harvest. The five tall people were sold first.
People picked it away; no one bought Kou Agui because he was short and thin. It was not until the end that he met a short fat man and bargained with the owner for half a day to buy Kou Agui.
This new owner is not very kind. The slaves are indeed human animals. They are driven with whips and do farm work day and night. At night, dozens of them lie in a room. The bedding is damp and dirty, and the room is full of mold.
The smell of decay.
There was a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old who was naive and silly. Others called him a fool. People often robbed him of his food and he was as skinny as a stick. Kou Agui felt a little pity for the boy and tried his best to take care of him. The fool knew who was good to him, so he took care of him every day.
Follow Kou Agui. One time Kou Agui teased him, and he said stupidly: "My father will come to pick me up later. I just waited, and he came after eating the steamed buns."
A person next to him laughed and said: "You were sold by your father, and he is still looking for you! He is looking for you!" The fool cried "Wow" and everyone laughed.
Kou Agui quickly hugged the fool to comfort him, and said to the man: "Why bother to stab him in the heart?" It was inevitable that the fool would feel sad. After that, the fool followed Kou Agui even more closely.
In late autumn, the slaves switched to chopping wood and burning charcoal. That day, the steward bought another slave. When Kou Agui saw it, he turned out to be his old acquaintance from the pottery kiln a few months ago, Uncle Agui. The name of this uncle was
Pan Xigui was a affable person with excellent craftsmanship. Because Kou Agui was also called "Agui", Lao Pan felt that the two were destined and took good care of him in the pottery kiln. Similar to a fool, Pan Xigui sometimes told Kou Agui behind his back that his daughter
He will come to save him. It's a feeling to meet old friends. Kou Agui sighed: "I thought I would never be sold based on my uncle's craftsmanship, but I didn't want to..."
Pan Xigui worked with them that day. After finishing the evening work, the slaves were driven to sleep. Pan Xigui was naturally with Kou Agui. The old man lay on his back and said: "My daughter will come to save me in a few days."
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The fool had not said "My father will come to pick me up" for many days. After hearing what Pan Xigui said, he said again: "My father will come to pick me up later! He will come after eating the steamed buns."
Someone else laughed and said, "Your father sold you, but he doesn't want you anymore!" Everyone laughed again. The fool didn't cry this time, and stretched out his arms to hug Kou Agui.
Pan Xigui sat up and said: "I know why everyone is laughing. It's because we are all in a miserable state, and the days are so dark that we can't see the end of the mountain. If someone is worse off than us, they feel that they are not the worst, and they feel a little sad.
Be more comfortable. Think about it, everyone, are we really better than this child? The child is hoping that his father will come to pick him up, so he has hope. What hope do we have?" Everyone was silent for a moment.
Suddenly someone in the corner whispered: "One day the Federation will come over. Let's not be slaves, but be good citizens!"
Immediately another person said: "Keep it low! Don't let anyone hear you."
The man sneered and said: "Who are humans? Are we humans? Are we any different from mules pulling mills and oxen pulling plows?" Then no one said anything again.
I don't know how long it took, Pan Xigui said: "Why are we not human beings? Aren't we raised by our parents? Why do we have to be slaves? We don't have enough to eat and wear, and we work day and night without getting a penny of wages.
I have no choice but to scold my master. If I get sick, I will have to wait for death." He paused, "My daughter will come to save me next spring at the latest. By then, do you guys want to go together?"
Kou Agui thought everyone would laugh, but unexpectedly they didn't. After a while, the man who just laughed at the fool said, "Uncle, what does your daughter do?"
Pan Xigui said: "My daughter fled to the State of Zhao. Not long ago, I asked someone to deliver a letter saying that she had become the leader of the female militia. I thought I would have a reunion year this year. Who would have thought that the old owner's business was not going well?
He sold me before my daughter came."
Another person said: "Will your daughter redeem her uncle's life?"
Pan Xigui said: "No. But she will carry a musket and lead the soldiers to snatch me out." At this time, no one could see his hand in the room, but Kou Agui felt that Pan Xigui was smiling for no reason, the kind of confident smile he had when he opened the kiln.
After a while, someone said: "Uncle, if your daughter really comes to save you, please take me with you."
Immediately, someone followed up and said: "Uncle, please take me with you!" "Brother, take your brothers with you!" Everyone asked for help.
Pan Xigui said: "Okay. If you want to leave then, let's go together!"
Suddenly a voice came out and said: "What should I do if the master notices me?"
Pan Xigui said: "The only way is to fight out." He thought, "Actually, we Zhuangzi only have a few guards. In a serious fight, we have the upper hand. If we all unite as one, we don't have to wait for my daughter to come. We can do it ourselves."
You can escape."
The man who laughed at the fool immediately said: "The mountains here are high and the forests are dense, and it's cold. I'm afraid it's hard to escape outside. I don't have food or clothing when I get outside."
Pan Xigui thought: "This is not difficult. I have a good memory and remember how I got in today. When we got to the town, we pretended to be beggars and went to Zhao State. It's cold -" he said in silence for a moment, "I'm here today.
The master was reading the newspaper in the market, and I took a peek. It was said that this winter will be very cold. Everyone is burning charcoal day and night, but I can't even use half of it. How many of us can make it through is uncertain."
Someone climbed up in the darkness and said, "Uncle, can you do it? Can you lead us out?"
Pan Xigui said: "Don't be anxious, everyone. I just came here today, and I'm going to explore the situation in this village. I'll make a plan of action later to ensure that everyone can escape alive."
"Can you really escape?"
"Yes." Pan Xigui said firmly, "I planned my daughter's escape."
The man who laughed at the fool actually cried: "Thank you in advance, uncle! Uncle is my reborn parent."
Pan Xigui said: "It's just that you can't bully this silly kid again in the future."
The man said with a cry: "Listen to me, uncle. You fool, I will apologize to you."
The idiot still held Kou Agui's arm and moved a little. Although Kou Agui never spoke, his heart had already jumped into his throat. Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "We all have the same fate. In the future, this stupid kid hopes that everyone will take more care of him."
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"That's easy to say!" the man said, "Whoever dares to bully a fool in the future, I, Li Bangtou, will be the first to refuse to spare him!"
Everyone also said that they would take care of the fool. In the dark room, Kou Agui seemed to see the fool smiling innocently.
The next day, everyone was indeed nice to the fool, and Li Bang especially looked after him; the fool still only followed Kou Agui. Pan Xigui often looked around, and others silently helped cover him up.
During lunch, Kou Agui, Li Bangtou and several big men gathered around Pan Xigui and quietly discussed the road to Zhuangzi, where to store the food, etc. Suddenly, they heard several people around sneezing and coughing. Kou Agui quietly looked around.
, and sure enough, I saw the person in charge walking over.
The steward said with a cold face: "If you don't want to eat, don't eat! Why are you chewing your tongue?"
Pan Xigui hurriedly stood up and bowed and said: "Uncle, as we were talking, Fool is a very sensible child, and he is destined to be with A Gui. I am a good person, so I just suggested that Fool recognize A Gui as his father."
Li Bangtou hurriedly said: "That's right! Ever since Agui came, Fool has been following him day and night. Agui also takes care of Fool everywhere. They look quite similar. This is why God made them father and son, right?"
The steward looked at the fool and then at Kou Agui, and sneered: "A monkey face and a horse face, how are they similar? It doesn't matter if you recognize your father or your son, you can only delay your work."
"Yes, that's natural." Pan Xigui said, "But can you ask the master for a favor and give me three sticks of incense?"
"Bah!" the steward spat. "Take a pee and show yourself who you are! Two dogs want incense when they get married? Go get to work quickly! All of them are lazier than pigs." Nai raised his hand.
The whip hit the ground. Everyone had to get up.
Although Pan Xigui was just prevaricating, Kou Agui's heart had already moved. He was not destined to be a eunuch, so he thought he would have to work as a handyman in Prince Yan's palace for the rest of his life. Later, he gained the respect of the princess, started a business, and saved a little money.
I had also thought about having a child from my own family. Something unexpected happened, and I was in such a situation in just a few months... Idiot is really a good boy. While thinking about it, I looked back at Idiot. Idiot was looking at him and laughing.