Bystander

Suddenly, I was dragged into the room by my collar. Before I could stand still, one foot was placed on my stomach, and I used [-]% of the force. Suddenly my eyes went dark, and I fell to the ground. I know in my heart that this kid has gone crazy again, but I can't beat him, otherwise I will kill him and run away.I don't know how many feet I have been hurt, I only know that I can't bear the pain, I was knocked out, and when I woke up again, it was already past noon, I was lying on the ground, surrounded by a mess, there was nothing It's time to step down.

I got up with difficulty, stretched my waist, leaned against the wall to find some food for the cook, she was so fat, she must have hidden food.I pushed open the door of the elder sister's room, leaned against the door frame and said angrily, "Elder sister, do you still have food?" The elder sister saw that I was about to die, helped me to the bedside, and closed the bed again. After entering the room, I took out a small cloth bag from under the bed, which contained two pieces of leftover mung bean cakes.The eldest sister poured me a glass of water, and said along my back, "Slow down, you are choking. You have been beaten again." I nodded and fell on the bed.The elder sister said again, "Looking at the appearance of the young master yesterday, I knew you would definitely be beaten."

I sat up all of a sudden, "Sister, why? Is there something wrong with the young master? Why do you always beat people? A few days ago, the young master's behavior was completely different from when he beat people? Didn't he get hit? What's wrong?"

"Shhh," Eldest Sister motioned me to lower my voice, "You have not been in the mansion for a long time, you don't know, Eldest Young Master is not sick, just too angry and wronged."

"Is he wronged? He is the majestic young master of the Liu Mansion. He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. The entire Liu Manor belongs to him. He can do whatever he wants, beat anyone he wants, why is he wronged?"

"Keep your voice down," Eldest Sister is nervous "You don't know something, the Eldest Young Master is not Eldest Madam's own son, but was born by the Master and Eldest Madam's dowry maid, because Eldest Madam has never had a child, Eldest Young Master was born I will adopt it to the eldest lady."

"That's not very good, the concubine becomes the first son."

"But that kind of grievance is not something ordinary people can bear. The eldest lady has no children herself, and the young master was born to her maid and the master. It was a mess under her nose. Can the eldest lady bear it? Spread all your anger on the eldest brother." The young master fell on him, and he was beaten and scolded a few times, and punished to kneel in the ancestral hall without food or sleep. The young master also tried his best to please the eldest lady. He has good homework, good skills, good appearance, and good quality. You can give the eldest lady a good face outside, so the eldest lady will take it out on the young master when she is not going well. Gradually, the young master begins to alienate the old lady, and is often ridiculed by the old lady. A few years ago, the young master did not know where to go Where did he find out about his own life experience, he went to the eldest lady and clamored to return his biological mother, which made a big fuss. Later, I don't know what the eldest lady said, and the eldest young master became wilted, and he obeyed the eldest lady even more. You don’t dare to breathe, but you also have a habit of beating people. The Liu An before you just couldn’t bear this kind of beating and scolding. Some time ago, he borrowed usury to redeem himself.”

My God, the life of a rich family is really unusual, and it is not easy to be a child of a rich family. "Doesn't the master know that his only son has been abused?"

The elder sister brought herself a glass of water and continued, "Why don't you know, even the servants in Liu's mansion know something, as the head of the house, can he not know?"

I also supported the head of the bed and stood up, poured myself a glass of water and asked, "Then the master doesn't care? And why didn't the young master's biological mother become a concubine?"

"So what if you know? He doesn't dare to care. The lady's father is the governor, and marrying the master is considered a marriage. In this world, you think that you can become a big family and become a rich man just by doing a small business without any backing. Outsiders? Scholars, farmers, businessmen, can the master compare with the eldest lady? Besides, without the protection of officials, you can’t hold a golden mountain. So, do you think the master can take care of it? Dare to take care of it? Will she be tolerated? The master now has a group of wives and concubines, which one is not the daughter of a rich family, but in front of the eldest lady, you are still trembling like walking on thin ice!"

I babbled and sighed, "It's better not to have such parents."

I slept on the bed all afternoon, and when I woke up, the moon was so high. I blamed my elder sister for not waking me up. The elder sister said that the young master came to look for her. She woke me up when she saw that I was fast asleep, and told her to wait for me. Woke up and told me that the young master was waiting for me in the medicine house.I immediately jumped up and ran all the way to the medicine house, but hesitated at the door, thinking whether I should pretend not to wake up, don’t you know?The person who just wanted to sneak inside said, "What are you doing standing at the door, why don't you come in?" It's over, it's late.I pushed open the door and saw the young master grinding herbs. "When I was young, I was often beaten and injured. After a long time, I was like a doctor, so that I would not be afraid of dying from injuries. But then I thought, why should I hide? I have to be beaten, if the person who beat me dies, what kind of doctor should I be?"

His words made me break out in a cold sweat. This kid is really crazy. He is going to kill someone. When my mind was in a mess, he said again, "Aren't you an ordinary person?" My heart skipped a beat, and I listened to him continue. You see, you don't bleed, you don't see any bruises, and you're still alive and kicking in three to five days after being beaten. Tell me, who are you? A puppet? The puppet of the eldest lady?"

I shook my head, I don't know what I am, and I dare not get involved with Da Furen at this time.

"You won't die but it will hurt right!" My back was wet at this point, "I'm curious. Well, you'll help me, right, whatever I ask you to do?" He stopped grinding, and that The rustling sound disappeared, and the whole room was terribly quiet. "You seem to have no magic power, and you don't know martial arts. You have been sold into Liu's mansion as a servant for so long, and you haven't seen you to meet relatives and friends. It shows that you are alone. You Look, you can't beat me, and you don't have relatives and friends to help me, isn't it easy for me to torture you!"

My legs were so weak that they were trembling, "As long as it's not murder and arson, or something against the morals of the world, I can help you."

Liu Xunyan's slender and clean fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, each strike seemed to hit my heart, "Come here and wrap up the medicine powder." Then he left, leaving me alone. The powdered medicine was wrapped in sweaty hands.

Afterwards, Liu Xunyan never said anything strange again, like a gentle and modest gentleman, but what happened that day seemed like I was dreaming, and I have passed a year in peace, during which Liu Xun Yan is seldom in the mansion, people with a discerning eye can see that he is avoiding the eldest lady, but every time the eldest lady sees him, she will sneer and sneer at him. Standing by the side, I am terrified, afraid that the young master will beat me up if I turn around. But the strange thing is that Liu Xunyan didn't go mad again, instead, there was a stern look in his eyes, he must be planning something.

Seeing that the day of Jiaziyue is getting closer and closer, I have gained nothing. It is not that I have never thought of running away during my time in the Liu Mansion, but I have no money and no skills. Even if I escape, I have nowhere to go , and with Liu Xunyan such a master with a good mind and skill, where can I escape?I suddenly remembered what Liu Xunyan said that day, maybe I can talk to him about the conditions.

After dinner, I followed Liu Xunyan to the medicine hut and waited beside him. After hesitating for a long time, I decided to give it a try. "Master, I have something to ask."

Liu Xunyan didn't talk to me, the room was so quiet that I could hear the sound of crickets, I swallowed my saliva, "Master, I have been in the mansion for more than a year, and I know your kindness very well, but you also know that I am very human, and I have important things to do , I beg the young master to let me leave the house." Although my heart stopped beating, I could still feel that extremely nervous emotion.

"Well, that's it?" Liu Xunyan put down the brush and slowly dried the ink stains.

"Well, it would be even better if you could lend me a few dozen taels of silver." I smirked flatteringly.

"Yes." Liu Xunyan paused, "But, what can you do for me?"

I immediately expressed my loyalty, "As long as it is not murder and arson, or something that is detrimental to morality, I can do anything for you."

"Then what do I want you to do?"

I knelt on the ground with a plop, "Master!"

Liu Xunyan turned sideways, put one arm on his leg and the other on the desk, looked at me and said, "Just kidding," he stood up with one hand, "Aren't you going to die? Then you represent me?" Shall I die?"

I looked at him with wide eyes, and he patted me on the shoulder, "Tomorrow, I will take you to the cashier to get 100 taels of silver, and then leave Liu's mansion. I will inform you later, let's go." After finishing speaking, he continued to practice. Character.

Although I don't understand his intentions, "death" is not a difficult thing for me, right?I was about to close the door, but Liu Xunyan said to me, "Don't get out of my sight, or I will torture you in a hundred ways, anyway, you won't die, it will only hurt." I didn't answer him, just closed the door. The door went back to the room and stayed up all night.Early the next morning, he followed Liu Xunyan to the cashier to collect the money and left Liu's residence.But what I didn't expect was that he secretly brought me back to Liu's mansion to live in the medicine house, and made me wear his clothes to imitate his every move every day, and I didn't know what kind of medicine he sold in his gourd.

Fast forward to another half a year, during which I was Liu Xunyan's shadow, and in the end I didn't know whether every movement I made was a habit or his habit.

This winter is very cold, and a lot of charcoal fires were lit in the house. At this time, Liu Xunyan should be practicing calligraphy, so I sat at the desk and rubbed my frozen little hands and insisted on writing. Thinking that people outside the house could not understand it, I felt anxious Much more balanced.The person outside the house was sent by Da Furen to monitor Liu Xunyan, which is why Liu Xunyan wanted someone to pretend to be him and hide in this room. He said that he just didn’t want to live under Da Furen’s control all the time. In fact, who knows What is he doing.I was about to go to bed when I suddenly smelled burning.