box of hearts

Chapter 21 Suo Nanzhi (2)
"The regent's secret service to famous prostitutes" spread quickly and vividly. Qingtian's reputation spread far and wide, and now it spread even more, and countless guests came here admiringly.However, since Qiao Yunze's title on the gold list, Second Sister Duan has promised Qingtian not to receive new guests, and she actually forced Qingtian to drink a cup of fragrant tea with her when she met someone so powerful. They had no choice but to sigh outside the door.Under the vigorous and vigorous, Qingtian's heart was ashamed. Except for having to talk and laugh in front of Qi She, he treated everyone else with an awe-inspiring look.Strangers only think of the arrogance that an oiran should have, and he takes it very seriously, and wrote a lot of sour poems to praise him, such as "the eyebrows are wrinkled in spring, the eyes are sad in autumn, and ordinary people are unbearable". Qiu Yushi and other acquaintances thought it was Qingtian who was sad because of cherishing the pearl, and couldn't bear to blame him.

There was only one time when Mr. Feng served wine in Huaiya Hall, Qingtian sat back like a wooden man, neither sang nor talked, and didn't know how to refill the wine, but the visitors couldn't help but complained: "Mr. Spending money on wine, without blowing your bills, and without lending your credit, is here to show you off. You put up such an air to make our guests feel sulky because you are more popular. Do you want to eat it?"

Qingtian just gave a cold smile, "My lord, don't be angry. I have not been very energetic recently, and I am tired all day long. I have already told my father-in-law that he should not come to my place to treat guests, so that I will not have to deal with it." The stage became indifferent. The father-in-law said, who hasn't felt uncomfortable? His friends must not be so picky. I have always regarded the father-in-law as my own family, and I am more casual with my family, not so blind Please forgive me for being a trickster."

The man was hit by this soft nail and became even more violent, but Mr. Feng only heard Qingtian call him "my family" in public, and his bones were two or three catties lighter. Instead, he lowered his face and blamed his friend: "I told you earlier. , her body is really not good, I'm afraid she has suffered from summer sickness, you don't forgive me, and you are so embarrassing, are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me?" Seeing Mr. Feng's words, friends are inconvenient to refute, and since then He will never mention the words of criticism.

In this way, Qingtian just continued to endure the days in a chaotic way, day after day, day after day.

I don't know how many days have passed. On this day, when I got out of the car and entered the hall, I saw Diexian, Duixia, and Fengqin all huddled in front of the hall, watching Second Sister Duan holding her hand. of a girl.Since Xizhu's death, the second sister has been raring to add another person to the yard, and she doesn't need to guess that this is the new young lady.Die Xian, who was standing by the door, saw Qing Tian first, and called "Sister", but her face was full of displeasure.Duixia leaned on the other side, pinched a handful of melon seeds and licked them, and spat a piece of melon seed skin towards the girl's feet, "Mom bought new ones, and said that Xizhu's old house will be tidied up in a while and allocated to her." She lives." There was a lot of resentment in the words.On the other hand, Feng Qin curiously touched the red-haired rope hanging from the girl's head, and tilted her head with a smile, "Her name is Zhao Hua."

Second Sister Duan gave Zhaohua a push, and held Qingtian with one hand, "Call, please call Big Sister."

Qingtian took a closer look, and saw that Zhaohua was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with double buns, eyebrows and bangs, and a small hexagonal face with beautiful thin cheeks and thin lips, her lips were tightly pursed. He made a sound, and only looked up with a pair of extremely long black eyes, which had a pure charm.Second Sister Duan has always had a sharp eye, and she didn't know where to find such a top-notch talent in just a few days.In addition to the East Wing where Qingtian lived, the West Wing where Xi Zhu lived was spacious and gorgeous. Die Xian and Dui Xia had coveted it for a long time, but at this time the second sister vacated it for this newcomer. Provoking envy.

In the past, Qingtian might have asked a few questions, but now he just feels numb to everything, so he just looks away from the girl's face and nods to everyone, "I'm not feeling well, go back to my room Lie down."

Second Sister Duan has always been a little afraid of this daughter recently, so she responded incessantly: "Oh, you go, go and rest, don't you want to eat something? Okay, then you go. Mu Yun will serve your girl well, then A few little girls are lazy, you just hit them hard."

Qingtian went upstairs all the way back to the room, and fell asleep on the bed with his body bent.As soon as he touched the pillow, those dizzy memories came: laughter, kisses, his cold little nose, his arms and arms that grew stronger year by year, sweet tongue and love words, wedding dress, engagement, his A marriage contract to another woman, a faded red silk cord, a counterfeit sapphire pendant.Can't sleep, can't wake up.The cause and effect of karma is like an exploded hornet's nest. Hundreds of millions of stingers sting on her body. Every inch of her skin is burned, painful, and blood is rushing, just like being whipped by her mother with a whip.

Clap!Clap!
Then came the girl's shrill cry.

Qingtian turned over impatiently, half sat up, "Mu Yun, Mu Yun!"

A half-sized maid in red trousers and green shoes pushed the door in. It was Gui Zhen from Qingtian's room. "What is the girl's order?"

"Where's your sister Mu Yun?"

"It seems that Xiao Zhao from the nearby gold shop was looking for her and just went there. I will call her here for the girl."

"No, you come back." Qingtian put one hand on the bed and pointed out with the other, a silver bead hairpin next to the round bun was twirling, "Go downstairs and tell mom who she wants to beat and let her have another day." Hit again, it will give me a headache."

Gui Zhen had been gone for half a day, but the wind of whips and screams of pain from outside the building were still heard endlessly.Qingtian felt full of anger, got up and patted the bed and called: "Come here, come here!"

It was Guizhen who rushed in again, and before she could ask, she was full of excuses: "Girl, I told my mother, and my mother said to tell the girl to bear it a little bit, and she will be killed after a while. beated."

Qingtian was taken aback by these words, "Who does Mom want to kill?"

Guizhen was still holding a half-knotted plum blossom, twisted it in her hand and said with a smirk, "It's the new little shepherd. I heard from Miss Fengqin that she didn't speak for a long time after entering the house, and her mother asked her to pay her respects." Immortal Baimei, she suddenly yelled: "Where are you here?" She overturned the sand basin for the immortal and ran out. Mom asked someone to catch her and came back, saying that she had bumped into Immortal Baimei. It’s impossible not to lose my life. I just went downstairs, and saw my mother stripped her naked and hung her up, beating her around. It’s so fun! Girl, oh girl, are you awake? Huh? I'll help you up. Shoes, here are the shoes, girl, I'll put them on for you."

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A pair of embroidered shoes with mandarin ducks playing with red lotus was hurrying along. As soon as Qingtian stepped into the courtyard, he saw Second Sister Duan sitting on a rattan core stool, holding a copper whip in her hand, whipping vigorously. with.The young lady Zhaohua was completely naked, with a cowhide rope wrapped across her chest, hoisting her two arms high above her head from both sides, and finally tied a knot on her two thumbs to hang her upright. On the beam, only the tip of his toe was allowed to land on the ground, and every time he was whipped, he would turn around in place, screaming again and again, like a blood spinning top.

Qing Tian frowned, stepped forward and called: "Mom."

The second sister stopped, and when she looked back, she smiled, "Hey, sweetheart, I know I've disturbed you, I'm sorry, go up and have a rest, and I'll ask someone to shut up this little whore's mouth for you." .Cao Wang'er, Uncle Jiu, didn't you hear me? Find a rag and stuff her mouth up for me."

Zhaohua had already loosened her hair, her face was full of tears, and her body was covered in bloodstains. A pair of slightly raised breasts protruded from her immature and thin body, and her two big toes were dangerously placed on the ground. Turning around, I just begged repeatedly: "Mom, I made a mistake, I don't dare to do it anymore, I really can't bear the pain, I just ask mother to be merciful, please forgive me!"

Duixia was still cracking melon seeds at the threshold, her palms half spread, Die Xian also smiled and grabbed melon seeds from her hand and licked them, Feng Qin covered her face with her hands and peeped through a gap.For some reason, when Qingtian saw this situation, he felt a wave of evil fire rising, so he slapped Xiangxia's hand with his chopping hand, and the melon seeds "crashed" all over the ground.

"It's a hot summer day, and Mom is so angry to beat people by herself. You are not afraid that Mom will be exhausted and help persuade you, but stick your hands here to watch the fun? Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking, and beat this person to death. , so that you can occupy Xizhu's room. Xizhu died unexpectedly, so it will be very auspicious for you to live in it."

He was bored with Boss Xia, and didn't dare to talk back to Qingtian, so he just rubbed his hands out of anger.Die Xian explained with a shy face: "No, sister, she offended God Baimei herself, what's the matter with us?"

The Baimei God is the music official of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times. It is said that his name is "Ling Lun".Several small classes in Huaihua Hutong offer statues of gods, with long beards and majestic looks, riding on horseback and holding knives. At first glance, they look quite similar to Guan Gong, but with white eyebrows and red eyes.The white-browed deity of Huaiyatang is enshrined in the courtyard, with a golden body embedded with seven treasures. In the past, Qingtian, Xizhu and others had to worship this great deity together with the guests before they could do business.On the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, a handkerchief embroidered with a god image should be offered for blessing, which is called "Sappa looks at people's faces", so that the good guests will not empathize with others.

At this moment, Zhaohua was tied up in front of the god statue in the main hall. At the foot of the god statue was an overturned sand table, and the tribute was scattered all over the ground.

"Look, look, look," Second Sister Duan stood up, pointing at the chicken, fish, fruit and peaches on the ground and scolded sharply, "This shameless little bastard, I'll let her pay homage to the white-browed fairy, hey, what a wrong eye! Boy, she almost gave me the big fairy! She also asked me where this is? My mother will let you see what this is!" As she spoke, she picked up the whip and was about to swing it up again.

(End of this chapter)