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Chapter 7

For some reason, Zhang Zheng suddenly lost interest in staying in the brothel after experiencing the incident with the matchmaker.He quietly opened the door of Wu Zhong's private room, and seeing the latter blissfully immersed in the music of the pipa, Zhang Zheng quietly closed the door and walked out of the brothel.

Both sides of the street are full of vendors, and the road in the street is also full of people coming and going—there are ladies in groups holding round fans, sometimes using them to cover their faces and smile, and sometimes fanning gently; Laborers carrying towels and pushing wooden carts used to transport goods yelled loudly at pedestrians to get out of the way while hurrying to deliver goods; there were also children playing and playing on the street, their faces brimming with innocence.Zhang Zheng shuttled among them.It's just that for some reason, pedestrians on the street, regardless of gender, always look at him.

"Is there something wrong with me?" Zhang Zheng thought to himself, and carefully looked at his attire up and down—simple servant attire, the only luxurious one was the sachet that Mei Jue gave him. "No problem. It's strange why the people on the street are always staring at me. Anyway, no one knows me anyway, just look at it if you like." After thinking about it, Zhang Zheng ignored the gazes of pedestrians and walked lazily. On the street, enjoy this bustling commercial street and kill time.

On the other side, Wu Zhong, who was listening to the music well, unexpectedly received a letter from his servant.After reading, he simply bid farewell to Pipa, left the brothel, and hurried back to the general's mansion, not noticing that Zhang Zheng was not by his side.The letter that Wu Zhong read was sent by Chen Shilei in a hurry, and it contained only one sentence:

My mother is about to return home, so get ready to welcome her.

After shopping around, Zhang Zheng wanted to go back to the brothel along the original road, but found that he couldn't recognize the way.At this moment, Zhang Zheng saw a large group walking on the opposite street, and many people stood on both sides of the street.

"Hey, brother, is there something important going on in the opposite street?" Zhang Zheng stopped a passerby and asked.

"Of course it's a big deal! Mrs. Chen is back after praying!" the passer-by said, leaving Zhang Zheng behind and ran across the street.

"Old Madam Chen? The surname is Chen, so she can't be Chen Shilei's mother?" Zhang Zheng thought to himself. "However, even if it is, isn't this posture too big? Didn't they consider the word 'big tree attracts the wind'?"

Thinking of the area occupied by the General's Mansion and the decoration inside, Zhang Zheng now seriously doubts whether Chen Shilei's family is all well-developed limbs and simple-minded.

"Wait, if this old Mrs. Chen is really Chen Shilei's mother, then I will follow her team, can I go back to the mansion soon?" Zhang Zheng was overjoyed, and when he was about to run across the street, Stopped the car again. "Zhang Zheng, Zhang Zheng, why are you so stupid? Why would you even think of going back to the general's mansion. Now you are free, run away!"

Thinking about Zhang Zheng turning around, he was about to run away in the opposite direction.But after a few steps, Zhang Zheng turned around again and ran across the street.Because, he couldn't bear Chen Shilei's bed!

Just when Zhang Zheng ran into the crowd, he found that Chen Shilei was also there!Riding a horse, walking in the forefront.

"Damn it? This Mrs. Chen is really Chen Shilei's mother! Oops, if Chen Shilei's son-in-law finds out that I'm not in the mansion, he doesn't know how to punish me."

What Zhang Zheng was thinking about now was how he was already in the general's mansion when Chen Shilei returned to the mansion.

"Damn it, didn't Chen Shilei stay in the frontier for a few months? It's only been less than a month, why did he come back?" Zhang Zheng said.

Zhang Zheng looked at Chen Shilei, thinking frantically.At this time, Chen Shilei turned his head and met Zhang Zheng's gaze.

"Oops!"

Zhang Zheng squatted down hastily and quickly withdrew from the crowd.

"Nuzheng, why are you here?" Chen Shilei's doubtful voice came from behind Zhang Zheng.

"You've got the wrong person! I'm not a slave!" Without thinking too much, Zhang Zheng ran away.He ran into Chen Shilei's arms after only a few steps.

"Fuck! How can I be so unlucky! Also, this posture is too ambiguous!" Thinking, Zhang Zheng hurriedly stood up.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet, greeted Chen Shilei with a stiff smile:

"Hi, Chen Shilei, long time no see!"

"Come back home with me. Also, who allowed you to run out?" Chen Shilei's tone was somewhat reproachful.

"No one! I was too bored to sneak out."

"Next time without my permission, don't come out!"

"Why? Chen Shilei, I'm not your slave! Also, I'm not going back!"

"Shi Lei, what's going on?"

At this time, Mrs. Chen also appeared with Zhang Zheng and the others.Mrs. Chen is in her fifties, her complexion is dark, and her temples are already tinged with hoarfrost.But his eyes were very sharp, his lips were pursed, and he looked domineering.

"Mother, it's nothing."

"I asked you what's the matter?"

"A servant from the mansion ran out." Chen Shilei said.

"Then cripple one of his legs as a warning. Alright, let's go back home." After speaking, Mrs. Chen turned and left.

"Fuck? What's the situation?" Zhang Zheng was at a loss.

Chen Shilei turned his head and looked at Zhang Zheng.

"Hey, hey, Chen Shilei, you don't really want to—" Zhang Zheng stepped back while talking.

Chen Shilei directly tapped Zhang Zheng's dumb acupoint to make him unable to speak, and then patted his left leg with his palm.Feeling the piercing pain from his left leg, Zhang Zheng softened all of a sudden.

"I broke the meridian of your left leg, from now on you can only walk slowly, and you can't run anymore." Chen Shilei said calmly, supporting Zhang Zheng.

Zhang Zheng wanted to curse but couldn't speak, so he could only stare at Chen Shilei fiercely.With all his strength, he raised his fist and punched him.But the latter does nothing.

"Come here, bring the slave government back to the mansion."

"Yes!"

Two guards supported Zhang Zheng and followed behind the team.

"Why, why is my luck so bad?" Zhang Zheng shouted in his heart.

The gate of the General's Mansion was opened, with Wu Zhong as the leader, Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Meijue as the assistants, and several servants standing neatly on both sides. Even the stone lions on the side seemed to be more energetic today.

As Mrs. Chen's sedan chair fell, Chen Shilei helped Mrs. Chen get out of the sedan chair. Wu Zhong took the lead and said:

"Wu Zhong respectfully welcomes the old lady back home."

Then came Chen Shilei's concubine.

"Yu'er, welcome the old lady back home."

"Meijue, welcome the old lady back home."

Finally, the servants.

"Welcome the old lady back home."

"Okay, okay. Everyone has a reward." Mrs. Chen said.

"Wu Zhong."

"Yes, old lady."

Wu Zhong who was called hurried forward and supported Mrs. Chen on the other side.

"I haven't seen you for a year, how are you? You still seem to often go to the brothel to look for those lowly prostitutes?"

"This--"

"Those dirty women, you have to kill them."

"Madam, there is also—"

"Don't interrupt when the old man is talking!"

"Yes."

"In a few days, I will help you see which women from rich families are waiting in the boudoir. They are so old, and they have not married a wife and have children. What's the proper way?" Mrs. Chen taught.

"Yes, the old lady taught me the lesson." Wu Zhong still said softly, but there was some helplessness in his tone.

"Mother, you just came back, why are you worrying about these things again? Go and rest first." Chen Shilei said.

"And you! I have married two concubines, and I haven't seen any movement in their stomachs. You hurry up for me recently, I really want to hug my grandson!"

"Mom, this kind of thing can't be rushed."

"If you don't come in a hurry, you have to hurry! Also, although you two concubines were brought in when the general was away, you should take the initiative when the general comes back. If anyone adds a son and a half daughter, Whoever takes the position of the side lady."

"Yes, the concubine obeys the old lady's teaching."

At the back of the team, Zhang Zheng was in pain. The two guards supporting him were as hard as steel, making his armpits uncomfortable.

"Chen Shilei, your uncle, you still want to have a baby? I curse you for not giving birth!" Zhang Zheng cursed in his heart. "And that old woman, why are you talking so much? Can you hurry in and rest? You are in a sedan chair, so of course you are not tired, but you have to consider other people's feelings! Dead old woman, smelly old woman!"

Finally, under Zhang Zheng's inner curse no less than ten times, Mrs. Chen finished her teaching and walked into the general's mansion.

The guard put Zhang Zheng in front of the door of the original room and left, leaving him alone.

"Hey, brother guard, at least put me on the bed!" Zhang Zheng said to the departing guard.

"Put it on the bed? Who do you think you are?" A guard turned his head and said contemptuously. "Just a dog slave."

Zhang Zheng made a helpless gesture with his hands, and slowly sat down with his left leg, planning to rest for a while, and then find a way to go into the broken bed in the room and lie down.

Looking at the blue sky, Zhang Zheng couldn't help sighing.

"Life is really full of disasters. First, the buttocks were beaten, and after a few days, the chest was hit hard. Now it is even more exaggerated. The left leg is useless. Will it, no matter what fate says no It’s gone? For the first time, I feel that my life is not my own.”

"Forget it, why think so much?" Zhang Zheng lay down slowly. "Let's get some sleep first."

Although he really wanted to sleep on Chen Shilei's bed, but the turtle grandson came back, it seems that he has no chance recently.

Zhang Zheng had a dream. He dreamed that he had returned to modern times. He thought he would be happy to come back, but he found himself at a funeral.Just when he was about to confirm the person in the photo at the funeral, tears flowed down uncontrollably, blurring his vision.He tried to wipe away the tears, but his hands wouldn't work.He only felt that he was very sad, his heart was pierced like a knife, as if he had lost something.Heartbroken Zhang Zheng sat up from his dream, covering his chest with his hands, his forehead was covered with sweat.

After waking up, he found himself lying on the bed in the room, and there was a lamp on the table.

"Nuzheng, are you awake?" Wu Zhong's gentle voice came immediately.

"Master Wu, why are you here? Also, did you move me to the bed?" Zhang Zheng asked.

"Come and see you. You didn't tell me why you left the brothel. You were always on the bed. The guard told me to help you to the bed."

"That's it."

Could it be that I remembered wrongly?I remember the guards put me in front of the house, and I lay down and fell asleep.Zhang Zheng thought to himself.

"Maybe your left leg hurts too much, which affects your memory." Wu Zhong explained.

"Speaking of which, Doctor Wu, is my left leg really useless?"

"Hmm. Your left leg probably won't be able to use its strength in the future."

After finishing speaking, Wu Zhong stared nervously at Zhang Zheng, fearing that he would be overwhelmed.But the result was beyond his expectation.

"Okay. So be it." Zhang Zheng said lightly. "Master Wu, I'm hungry."

"I'll go down and get someone to bring you food."

Before leaving, Wu Zhong looked back at Zhang Zheng on the bed, as if worried about him.

After Wu Zhong left, Zhang Zheng pulled up the quilt to cover his head, and suddenly burst into tears.

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Shanghai in May is still so cold...