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chapter 2
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The sudden changes in the surrounding environment made the boy's cold eyes full of suspicion and vigilance.
He moved his legs, soreness and tingling pain that made people want to amputate them.
He has been like this for several days in a row. He has no money to buy medicine, so he can only go out to collect medicine according to the prescription prescribed by the old doctor in the former palace. Originally, his luck was not bad today, and he found a few plants that could be used. , but met a group of people who did not know where they came from, and rushed out to reason with him, insisting that he was a murderer and facing each other.
Before he could explain it, he collapsed to the ground.
The two legs that were intentionally "injured" during hunting last autumn have not been healed for a long time. He thought that he fainted this time, and it was almost a dead end, but he didn't expect... to appear in this strange place.
Rong Ting endured the pain and wanted to get out of bed, but just a simple act of wanting to get up caused beads of sweat to ooze out of his forehead, and his veins burst out.
It turned out to be more painful than when he went out to look for medicine.
With a little movement, there are thousands of ants gnawing in the crevices of the bones, unable to lift the slightest strength.
He gritted his teeth, a dark look flashed in his eyes, hiding a deep hatred.
...
Jiang Rao took a lot of effort to catch up with her brother.
Fortunately, thanks to the prophet in her dream, the servant she sent out to catch the murderer came back just right, took the murderer back to the mansion, and sent it to Fourth Master Jiang for interrogation.
The truth came out.
Jiang Shenxing's self-awareness instantly changed from a little thief catching expert to a bloody little idiot.
The little guy was so embarrassed that he couldn't even lift his head up. He wanted to bury himself in the snow and refused to see anyone.
After comforting her younger brother, Jiang Rao returned to her courtyard, and happened to meet the maid who was washing her purse.
There was a jade talisman in the purse, which looked like something that its owner cherished. Jiang Rao carefully put away the jade talisman and asked the maid to dry the purse.
Thinking of the young man's pale and sick face and his body that was thinner than rice paper, she called another maid.
Although the herbal medicine that the boy was holding at that time was not edible for horses, it would be fine if it was eaten by humans. During the famine years, people often dig and eat this herb to satisfy their hunger. She was afraid that the boy would dig this herb because he was hungry, and instructed the maid to send some snacks to the kitchen.
After doing this, the mood that had been fluctuating since waking up finally calmed down a little.
She thought to herself,
It started to develop in a completely different direction from the dream, and the result should be... different.
Behind him, there was a sudden noise in the house.
Jiang Rao turned around and pushed the door in, and happened to meet the boy's eyes.
The person who was supposed to be lying on the couch was struggling to hold the edge of the couch with one hand, and his right knee was half bent. He was kneeling on the edge of the couch in a very difficult position.
Looking up at her, it was like a hook.
Just like in the dream, it was firmly locked on her body, and the violent emotions were hidden in the depths of the pupils.
It's just that there is less hatred than in the dream, and more vigilance and precaution.
He is like the kind of poisonous snake that hides in the dark corner of the grass in the middle of the night. He is not only alert to pedestrians, but also hissing. He is cruel, violent, ready to attack, and ready to kill at any time.
Jiang Rao instinctively felt scared.
How did you provoke him?
But thinking of the last things in the dream, she could only barely hold up a smile, and first explained what happened today, "What happened today was a misunderstanding. My brother misunderstood that you were the murderer who caused our father to fall off the horse. I got into an argument with you."
The smile is bitter, the usual glutinous voice, but now because of the shock, the rustling has changed.
"In this matter today, we misunderstood you, and we should make up for you."
Looking at him in front of her, she remembered the brutal ways he treated others in her dream, half a step, half a step, half a step, and with a slight trembling in her heart, she moved a little towards him.
The teenager closed his eyes, and since he couldn't stand up, he simply sat down and ignored her.
It's just that the bloodthirsty breath on his body has slightly restrained.
This didn't make Jiang Rao feel relieved. Instead, she moved and moved, quietly moving to a position two steps away from the boy, and stopped.
In the dream, that terrifying man had an extremely disgusting attitude towards everyone.
Jiang Rao was very discerning, afraid that being too close to him would make him unhappy, so she did not continue to approach him, stopped two steps away, and glanced at his legs secretly.
The sound just now was as if he had fallen off the couch.
He can barely stand by leaning on something, and he can't stand up on his own at all.
It seemed that she was not the one who hurt his leg in the dream. Before meeting her, he had a problem with his leg.
Jiang Rao breathed a sigh of relief, but felt a little pity.
She had seen the frailty and madness of him trapped in a wheelchair in his dreams.
But he didn't expect him to be injured so early.
Fourteen or fifteen years old, the most energetic age of the young man, his legs...
How did it become what it is now?
Seeing that the boy's lips turned pale, she poured a glass of water and placed it beside him.
"I'll give you a drink," she said.
The young man didn't even move, and he didn't even move his eyes to the water glass.
Jiang Rao didn't understand why he didn't take it, obviously he looked terribly thirsty.
At this time, the maid who went to the kitchen brought snacks in.
The desserts shaped into the zodiac signs are neatly arranged in an octagonal food box made of colored glass, and the sweet smell is tempting.
Jiang Rao clearly saw the young man's Adam's apple move slightly.
But when she put the dessert in front of him, he changed to that unmoved look, with a beautiful and unsympathetic face, like a young immortal in the sky, lacking emotions.
Jiang Rao shook her timid courage and pinched a rabbit in the zodiac, "Do you want to eat it?"
As he handed it to him, his movements and expressions were very cautious.
Her five fingers were evenly white, and the slender fingertips were twisted on the belly of the little rabbit, causing the little rabbit's belly to sink in slightly.
The dim sum made of glutinous rice is white and soft, and the bean paste inside is warm and sweet.
The boy's pupils flickered, his back molars clenched, as if he was holding back. After a stalemate, his slender fingers lifted slightly.
Jiang Rao, who had been staring at him, immediately seized the opportunity, shoved the dessert into his palm quickly, and stared at him again, waiting for him to eat.
The boy finally got his move.
But the dim sum in his hand was divided into two halves, and half of them were handed to Jiang Rao first, "You eat first."
His voice was much more hoarse than his peers, low and steady, but it sounded weak.
Jiang Rao was stunned. Give her to eat? So kind?
But he didn't look at her very kindly.
In a flash, she understood something.
Test poison.
"..."
No wonder he didn't drink water.
This defense is too heavy.
Jiang Rao lowered her head and took a bite of the dessert with a gloomy expression.
When chewing, the head hangs very low, and the cheeks filled with the dim sum are bulging and look as soft as glutinous rice dumplings.
The feeling of being suspected is not good, and her kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, which even makes her a little annoyed.
Before he could speak, she was so angry that she reached out and took a sip from the cup beside her, and finished it.
She swallowed her snacks, raised her small chin, and looked up at him.
This look has the meaning of "Look at you and see me change my life".
watery almond eyes
Lu, as if he could speak, was angry.
Even if she didn't make a sound, it was as if people could hear a "hum" in her heart.
Dessert, not poisonous.
Water is not poisonous.
There was still no warmth in Rong Ting's eyes.
He twisted the half of the snack between his long fingers, slowly.
Even though he was madly hungry now, there was no urgency in his eyes.
Some things, though alluring, can kill people.
The palace is deep, and the heart is poisonous.
He knew from an early age that he had to endure hunger or face failure and death.
If he hadn't known, he wouldn't have survived until now.
After watching her swallow all the snacks, he slowly raised his hand and nibbled tentatively.
...
After a box of dim sum was used up, Rong Ting ate only four and a half pieces in total, and the rest went into Jiang Rao's stomach.
His face was always covered with frost, and there was no expression.
On the contrary, Jiang Rao ate happily.
She used to be a sweet tooth, and this snack was quite to her taste, and because she sat with the teenager and shared the snacks, it seemed like how close the two of them were. Gradually, the fear string in her heart loosened, and only to relax.
It wasn't until she wanted to pull the boy up and stretched out his hand, but was avoided by the boy, that she suddenly remembered who she was facing, withdrew her hand, and swept his pale face, "I'll go and hire a doctor for you. ?"
But he was coldly rejected by the other party, "No need."
Jiang Rao wanted to persuade him to see the doctor, "Instead of seeing the doctor..."
He raised his eyes, his eyes were long and narrow, and his eyes swept across her eyebrows, "I want to go back."
Jiang Rao choked, "Where is your home?"
"West of the city."
Go back when you go back. Jiang Rao didn't force her to stay, and ordered her maid to find the wheelchair that her father used after he fell off the horse some time ago.
Aside, Rong Ting glanced at her, then lowered his eyes, his eyes were deep.
His two legs have been completely abolished, and it is difficult to even get up. She even made her see his leg injury at a glance, and she wanted to find a doctor and moved out of the wheelchair.
The snow in the courtyard was deep, and just as the wheelchair was pushed out, the wheels were deep in the snow.
Jiang Rao tried it, and with her strength, it was extremely difficult to push forward. Just as she was about to call a maid over, the young man seemed to have guessed what she was going to do, and suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I just want to Ask you to take me alone."
He has been very quiet and quiet since he ran out of snacks, so quiet that he was completely different from the tyrannical person in his dream. To her surprise, he was completely different.
When begging for someone, even change something like that
The mood of a child who is younger and wants to eat sweets. The closing time of the two eyelashes is long and thick, completely obedient and pitiful, which is very painful.
It also sounds great when the voice is slowed down.
Jiang Rao was stunned for a moment, but in a blink of an eye, he remembered how crazy he was when he was cruel and tyrannical in the future.
People who have to be careful to test even a sip of water are suspicious, sensitive, and deeply guarded, how can they be as pure and simple as they are now?
With the experience of dim sum just now, after a little thought, she understood.
She's not tall, she's not very strong, and her threat is so small that she's almost innocuous. I'm afraid it's because of this that he only asks her to send him off alone.
Jiang Rao put her fingers on the wheelchair.
The boy's body immediately leaned forward, separated by a distance.
Sure enough, this attitude of not letting you even touch it...
Jiang Rao confirmed his inner guess.
It's just that this shows that hate her attitude
She tilted her head, feeling an indescribable loss and sadness in her heart.
...
During the day, every household in Yecheng swept away the snow accumulated in front of their doors early.
The road in the center was swept very flat and wide, and walking on the road with a wheelchair was not as difficult as Jiang Rao imagined.
The young man's house was not far from her mansion. Along the way, Jiang Rao didn't walk fast, but she didn't stop her footsteps, her mouth was not idle, and she kept talking.
"I apologize to you on behalf of my younger brother. What happened today was that he misunderstood you. A few days ago, our father's horse was fed herbs, and he went crazy and threw my father off the horse's back. He broke his right leg and lay down for dozens of times. What a genius, my brother saw that you had that kind of herbal medicine in your hand, misunderstood you as the murderer, and got into a dispute with you. I will beat him up when I go back, seriously. In fact, his nature is not bad, but he is too impulsive when he is younger. " ββFirst explain clearly about the younger brother.
"If you have something to do in the future, if you call me, I will definitely come." - Then secretly say a few good words to yourself.
The young man replied "um", but he was neither cold nor warm, he couldn't hear his emotions, and he couldn't tell his sincerity.
But Jiang Rao took this as a good omen and said softly, "Then, remember to find me in the future."
No answer.
Hee hee laughter suddenly came from behind, all tall, as strong as a hill, and people dressed as servants came here.
He smelled of alcohol, and when he saw him, Rong Ting frowned in disgust.
The man swayed to their side and stopped, and glanced at Rong Ting, "Yo, isn't this our young master?"
little master?
Jiang Rao glanced down, just now in the snow, she looked at his clothes, and thought he was a child from a poor family. He had some opportunities in the future to achieve prosperity, but she didn't expect that he would have a servant at this time.
It's just... how could his servant dress more decently than him?
The man also saw Jiang Rao, and his eyes lit up.
Jiang Rao followed her father all the way to Yecheng. She had been staying in Yecheng for more than three months. She acted in a low-key manner and kept quiet, and she never made a high-profile publicity about who they were.
But even the county magistrate treats them as guests. Even if the people here don't know who they are, they can probably guess that their identities are noble.
So is this man.
He changed the look of being idle and smiling just now, and diligently pulled the wheelchair to his side, and chatted with Jiang Rao diligently: "My name is Wang Zhou, and I serve by the young master's side. The young master is here today. I'm not at home, but I'm so anxious that I've been out looking for a day. Thank you for bringing him back."
Jiang Rao did not immediately believe his words.
Going out for a day and finding a smell of alcohol?
lie.
She glanced at the boy in the wheelchair, wanting to hear what he had to say.
He was always indifferent and silent, as hard as a rock.
Jiang Rao choked.
If he doesn't say it, she can't always make up her own mind to discipline his servants for him.
But she was worried about the servant who appeared halfway.
She rejected Wang Zhou and stopped by sending the boy back to his house in person.
Wang Zhou took the first step to open the door, and in the blink of an eye, a tattered wheelchair was pushed out of the house, which was not often used at first sight.
He brushed the cobweb on it and said with a smile, "Let the young master use this."
Jiang Rao just shook his head, wanting to say that it was okay to leave her wheelchair here, it looked stronger, but Rong Ting nodded.
Jiang Rao: "..."
Most of the people around her dote on her, and this is the first time she has met such an indifferent and inaccessible person.
Before leaving, she turned to look at the round-faced man who had followed them all the way, and warned, "Your young master has an injury on his leg, you should take care of him carefully, be careful about food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Don't leave him alone on the street again."
Wang Zhou responded with a flattering smile.
Jiang Rao has not had a good impression of this person until now.
She ignored him, turned her head to look at Rong Ting, and said to him, "I'm leaving, you remember, if you have anything to do with me, I'll definitely come."
Pushing the wheelchair and walking all the way, her face was hot with a layer of red powder.
After leaving, she glanced back uneasy, saw the young man looking at her, and slightly bent her lower lip.
On the cheeks that were soft and clear, like baby fat, the pear vortex was sunken, soaked in the bright light of the day, sweet as if soaked in plum wine.
Rong Ting's eyes moved slightly, and he soon realized that he was absent, and turned his face away unnaturally.
...
After Jiang Rao left, the servant named Wang Zhou sneered when she saw her back was far away.
He directly let go of his hand holding the wheelchair, swaggered into the house by himself, swept away the last bit of silver left in the house, and quickly came out again, ignoring Rong Ting, and walked straight to the business district in the city , go there for fun.
He didn't take Rong Ting as his master.
Although he knew that the man he was serving was the son of an adult family in the capital, he was sent to a quiet country like Yecheng to recuperate because his legs were injured.
But he heard that this guy is just a concubine, his biological mother died early, and he was not liked by his mistress, so he was very unfavored.
Both legs were seriously injured, and they were thrown to a remote place like Yecheng, where it was difficult to even find a doctor. He's here to fend for himself.
Following this kind of master, there is no future at all, it is better to scrape more oil and water while he is still alive.
When he died, a roll of bedding helped him collect the corpse, and it was considered a master-servant battle, and the benevolence and righteousness were done.
The two doors were slammed shut by Wang Zhou, and ice-cold snow splashed onto the face of Rong Ting, who was only a step away.
The shattered snow clung to his eyelashes and the bridge of his nose.
There was not even the slightest expression fluctuation in his eyes, neither shock nor anger, no shock.
He didn't even raise his hand, letting the snowflakes hang on his long eyelashes.
Just got used to it.
His eyes were calm, and his long fingers turned the wheelchair, pushing himself forward.
Just waiting for his sight to touch his waist inadvertently, his face changed.
The purse is gone.
The jade talisman is also gone.
That jade talisman was the only valuable thing on him.
It was a relic left to him by his mother. When he had no money, he never thought of this jade talisman.
Rong Ting's mind flashed Jiang Rao's figure for a moment.
He... should have known.
He closed his eyes wearily, and curled the corner of his lower lip mockingly.
When I recalled that I had just lost my mind for a moment, I only felt that it was extraordinarily ridiculous.