It was said that when the work was finished that night, the steward drove the servants to sleep. On the way, Kou Agui quietly discussed with Pan Xigui: "Uncle, what you said at noon today..."
Pan Xigui looked at him with a smile: "Are you willing?"
Kou Agui nodded and said, "I do."
Pan Xigui thought: "Agui, I know you are a real person. I'm telling you the truth. I originally thought that after I escaped, I would send the fool to a school for the mentally retarded in the capital to learn a trade, and then ask the charity to help him find a job.
It’s a job. If you want to support him, it’s better.”
Kou Agui hurriedly said: "Uncle, this is a good idea. I don't know any craftsmanship. One day I will go first, and he will have to live on his own, right?"
Pan Xigui nodded, knelt down to tie the straps of his straw sandals, and picked up a few strands of dead grass from the ground and held them in his hands.
Not long after, the door of Datong Shop clicked and locked, and everyone fell into darkness again. Hearing the steward's footsteps in the distance, Pan Xigui sat up and said, "Brothers, I have a box of matches hidden on my body."
Everyone asked happily: "Is it possible to light it up?" "Is there any candle?"
Pan Xigui said with a smile: "The short fat man who bought me yesterday had a candle hanging on his carriage, but I slipped it into his arms and he didn't notice." Everyone exclaimed in surprise.
Then there was a "click" sound, and the flames jumped up. Everyone opened their eyes wide and watched Pan Xigui holding the flame to light a candle that was half a finger long. The younger ones cheered in low voices, and the older ones cheered in low voices.
He kept booing, "Don't let the bitch find out!" Everyone couldn't help but gathered around. The firelight reflected on the faces of the slaves, and their eyes were as bright as stars.
Pan Xigui clapped his hands twice, and the room became quiet for a moment. Pan Xigui said that at noon today, a few of them were observing the terrain and discussing the route. Later, when the steward became suspicious and came over to check, he excused the fool by claiming that Kou Agui was his father. The fool immediately jumped after hearing this.
Clinging to Kou Agui's arm.
Someone laughed and said: "Agui and Idiot really look like a father-in-law."
Pan Xigui said: "Just now Agui told me that he is willing to accept the fool as his son." Everyone praised in unison, "Okay!" Some people couldn't help but applaud and laugh, and there were boos in the room. Pan Xigui looked at the fool and said softly,
"Idiot, Uncle Agui wants you to be his son, are you willing?"
The fool said loudly: "Yes!"
Everyone laughed: "You fool is so clever!"
Kou Agui was so happy that she burst into tears. She held the fool's hand and said, "Good boy, don't worry. I won't let you go hungry as long as I have a bite to eat." Someone else couldn't help but applaud, but no one remembered this time.
boos.
Pan Xigui nodded and said, "Okay." Then he took out three pieces of dead grass and said, "Although there are no incense candles, we can put some grass into it to make incense."
He inserted dry grass into the hole in the quilt and ordered the fool to kowtow to Kou Agui. The fool then let go of Kou Agui's arm, lay on the ground and kowtowed three times, then raised his head and looked at Kou Agui stupidly.
Li Langtou reminded from the side: "You idiot, call me daddy!"
The fool shouted: "Dad!"
Kou Agui burst into tears and hugged the child: "Okay, okay! What a good son! My surname is Kou. I have a good destiny. How can I get such a good son in such a situation!" There were congratulations all around, and the whole room was filled with congratulations.
All are filled with unbearable joy.
Pan Xigui said with a smile: "Since the fool has a father, he can no longer be called a fool. Agui, give the child a name."
Kou Agui thought for a moment and said, "When I have a son, I have a treasure. How about calling him Debao?"
"Good——" "Excellent——"
Pan Xigui nodded and announced loudly: "From now on, you are no longer allowed to call yourself a fool. This child's name is Kou Debao."
"Yes!" "Get the treasure!" "Okay, get the treasure!" Everyone agreed one after another.
From that day on, the fool changed his name to Kou Debao, and Pan Xigui became the leader of this group of minions.
Pan Xigui really didn't brag. After only checking the terrain for more than ten days, he told everyone: "It's too cheap to run away here. There is only one trouble: they have muskets in their hands. The day after tomorrow is the steward's birthday, and they need to drink. Take advantage of them
I'm drunk, I'm going to steal the key so we can escape."
Everyone was overjoyed: "Seriously?!"
Pan Xigui said: "Everyone must remember not to show any flaws in these three days. Everything will be the same as before."
"Yes -" "Listen to my uncle -" Everyone jumped for joy.
Pan Xigui warned what needed to be paid attention to. Several people were so happy that they couldn't sleep a wink that night.
In a blink of an eye, the day of escape came. In the morning, the short fat man suddenly came to the charcoal kiln and shouted: "That fool, come here." Everyone was shocked. Kou Debao hurriedly hid behind Kou Agui.
Kou Agui stepped forward and said with a smile: "Uncle, what are you looking for with this silly boy?"
The short fat man said: "This fool is lucky. The master of the city said he wanted to find a fool to have a look."
Kou Agui didn't understand: "Master in the city... why are you looking for a fool?"
The short fat man said: "The young master is studying at a university in the south. He has never seen a natural fool. Let's find him. If the master is happy and can't save the money, let him stay in the city. It's much better than burning charcoal."
Everyone was shocked, not daring to say anything and looking at each other in confusion. Kou Agui was already upset. However, he had always known the rules of these people. The master said that the sun is square, and the slaves had to accompany him and said that it was squarer than dominoes. The treasure cannot be obtained today.
He might not leave, and it was impossible for everyone to run away just because he was not here. He quickly said, "This child has recognized this slave as his father a few days ago."
"Oh? You are so hungry that you even want to be a fool."
Kou Agui said with a smile: "The uncle also knows that he is a fool. Ever since we recognized the two of us, he has been unable to leave the slave. The slave is afraid that the child is not sensible and has bumped into the master. It is not a big deal for us to die, but it is not a big deal to frighten the master."
It's too big. Sir, do you think you can let the servant accompany the child? If the servant is here, I will not let him do whatever he wants."
The short fat man thought for a while and said, "That's true. He is a fool after all. If he acts wildly in front of the master without knowing what he is doing, I won't be able to bear the consequences. Then you can go together. But if something goes wrong, you are the only one to ask."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Kou Agui said repeatedly, "Don't worry, sir, he listens to my slave the most."
"It's easy for you to be lazy these days. Well, let's go." The short fat man turned around and left.
Kou Agui looked back at everyone, took his silly son's hand and said: "Debao, let's go, follow dad." Kou Debao nodded. He didn't know whether to run away or not, just follow dad. Everyone felt that
It was like cooking in oil. It hurt from the top of the head to the soles of the feet, but no one dared to say a word. Sixty or seventy people with more than a hundred eyes watched helplessly as Kou Agui led Kou Debao and followed the short fat man step by step. Pan Xigui frowned.
That night, the stewards were indeed having a drink. There were usually four or five people looking at the slaves, but today there were only two of them, and they took turns to have a drink. Suddenly two stewards smelling of alcohol came back to replace the two on duty, and they were very drunk.
While talking, Li Langtou pretended to argue with others and started to make a fuss. The two people came over and yelled at him.
Pan Xigui took advantage of the situation and sneaked out. After a while, he wandered to a warehouse, where there was a man who had been waiting for a long time. The moonlight fell and shone on his face, and it was clear that it was the short fat man in charge of buying people. The short fat man said nothing.
Huai Nei took out the key and handed it to Pan Xigui.
Pan Xigui took the key and asked, "What's going on with the Kou family?"
The short fat man said: "Sent to the city."
Pan Xigui frowned and said: "That Kou Agui was originally arranged by Comrade Jia Cong to experience life. He is the confidant of Princess Lou of Yan Princess, and he is the kind of slave steward who is highly valued by his master. Jia Cong said that this person has two brushes and wants to
He has personally experienced the darkness of slavery, and he will be freed when the other side of the capital gets hold of Prince Yan's Mansion."
"That was the regent's plan," said the short fat man. "After hearing about this person, Director Jia changed his mind. He felt that Kou Agui was more suitable than you."
"Nonsense." Pan Xigui said, "He is just an ordinary person. He has never received professional training and has a stupid son."
The short fat man said: "Old Pan, don't underestimate him. The business competition in the capital is so fierce, but he managed to maintain such a big Yanwang Palace. Aren't you an ordinary groom? And he is a eunuch, so the old man is the most
Trust the eunuch." Pan Xigui's eyes twitched. Jia Xu had the same intention when he said that he had to do this mission. The short fat man continued, "And the King of Xiang is suspicious. Kou Agui's origins are clearer than you, and they are all true. Don't be afraid.
He checked. There are also many of our people in Prince Xiang's Mansion, who will look after and protect these two gentlemen."
Pan Xigui said: "Debao is really a fool."
The short fat man smiled and said: "Therefore, Kou Agui has another advantage over you. Lao Pan, you have been working at the grassroots level for many years. You are afraid that you will not be able to adapt to the role of a slave for a while. What if the old guy doesn't like you? Kou Agui a few months ago
He is still a slave, and is much easier to use than you. Besides, you are much more useful outside leading an escape and leading an uprising than in some palace."
Pan Xigui argued forcefully: "But he is not one of our own."
The short fat man smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. If you still don't wake up after going through all this, his son is not a fool, he is a fool."
Pan Xigui saw that the matter had come to this and was sent away. Even though he was extremely unhappy, he could only suppress it for the time being. Although he had known that Jia Xu had done a lot of sinister and unjust things, this time it made him extremely angry. Counting later.
After ten years of displeasure with Jia Xu, the action said that Jia Xu "even takes advantage of fools". This is a story for later.
That night, the slaves finished their work, and the steward was in a hurry to drink, so he drove them back without counting the number of people. At midnight, Pan Xigui took the key and unlocked the slave's door, letting out a room full of people. Then he led them to sneak in
The kitchen was packed with dry food and they escaped overnight.
Two flowers bloomed, one for each. On the other side, Kou Agui and Kou Debao entered the city in a carriage and came to a large house. After asking for a while, they found out that this was Yueyang City. The owner of the house was named Chao.
The young lady became the concubine of King Xiang and was favored all the year round. She also gave birth to the fourth and sixth sons for King Xiang. Among the Western Chu Alliance, Xiang was the largest country after Chu. King Xiang was the second son of the earliest King of Chu.
Son, now the uncle of the King of Chu. Kou Agui couldn't help but sigh at how small the world is, and after going around in circles, he came to the residence of the emperor's relatives again.
This time I want to be a fool to see that the third father of Chao's family is named Chao Xun. The man who was born to the eldest wife when she was in her forties almost lost half her life. The eldest wife is a beauty. The eldest daughter does not need to
She said that as the favorite concubine of the King of Xiang, the eldest son and the second son were also handsome husbands. The only thing she didn't like was the mediocre appearance of the young son who was difficult to deliver. The eldest man was old enough to have a son, but he liked him very much. Therefore, the eldest wife was not too big.
Although he controlled the third master, the eldest master also indulged him. The third master wanted to study in the south, so he let him go. He then studied medicine at Yangcheng University in Lingnan. Now, the third master Xun is in his fifth year of internship and has returned to his hometown to follow.
The old doctor was an apprentice. The Chao family felt embarrassed, but they didn't bother to care about him. The eldest, second and third-level men all looked down upon him.
For a while, people outside brought clean clothes to the Kou family and asked them to wash their hair and take a bath. Kou Agui had not taken a bath since he left the pottery kiln, and his body was covered with fleas and lice. Not to mention the fool, the servants of the Chao family were far away.
They smelled the musty smell and covered their noses. Because they were going to see their master, the Chao family did not hesitate to use hot water and wished they could wash themselves more often. The two of them washed themselves four times and ran a comb through their hair.
If it didn't fit the grate, he simply cut it off. Only then did the steward feel that it could pass the eyes of the master, so he ordered someone to send the two men to Chao Xun's yard.
On the way, Kou Agui asked the boy who was leading the way about Mr. Xun's temperament. The boy said: "The third Mr. Xun is the least useful person in this house. He is ugly in appearance, poor in knowledge, and he also likes low-level jobs." He is a fake.
Jiyang sighed, "Nothing can be done, the eldest man likes him the most, and the eldest wife and the second uncle can't persuade him. Also, the third master is the most willful and unruly. He likes to wear mourning clothes at home and make some
A strange thing. Please be careful and don't offend him." Kou Agui thought to himself that this third master is probably a playboy. After all, he has seen many such men in Beijing, so he would like to flatter him more.
He was able to deal with it, so he secretly prepared many flattering words.
Not long after entering Third Master Xun's room, Kou Agui looked up and was stunned. He thought he would see a handsome young man with a crooked mouth and a slanted face, but unexpectedly it was a twenty-four or five-year-old young man sitting on a large table.
Although he has thick eyebrows and small eyes, he has a cold expression and a quiet demeanor. How can he be ugly? Then look at him wearing a white coat that is common in Yanguo public hospitals. Kou Agui immediately understood what the "filial piety" that the boy said just now meant, and he was speechless.
He laughed. The boy shouted loudly: "Mr. Xun, the fool you are looking for is here."
Chao Xun raised his head and glanced at it, then frowned and said, "It's already November. If you tie up your hair before it's dry, you'll not only get a headache, but you'll also catch a cold. Leave it alone soon." He ordered them to untie their hair and shouted again.
It was cheap for the book boy to make a brazier for them to dry their hair. Kou Agui hurriedly thanked him. He thought to himself, no wonder there were slogans about the benevolence of doctors in the capital hospital, and he felt more and more sad that he could not just listen to other people's comments.
Chao Xun asked them their names, and Kou Agui answered. Chao Xun took down a booklet from the shelf, and Kou Agui immediately recognized it as the kind of medical record book commonly used in Yanguo Hospital, with "Yangcheng University Affiliated Hospital" written on the cover.
Chao Xun then asked Kou Debao about his age, birthplace, etc. in detail. Kou Agui said: "Back to Third Master, this son was adopted by my slave a few days ago, so I don't know this."
"Huh? Then you don't know when or why he became stupid?"
"I don't know."
Chao Xun frowned: "This is troublesome. How did you meet this kid?"
Kou Agui sighed: "It's a long story." Before he could finish his words, Kou Debao's stomach rumbled.
Chao Xun smiled and said: "We'll talk about it later, let's feed the children first." Although Kou Debao was a fool, he immediately laughed when he heard the word "eat". Chao Xun couldn't help but laugh.