The woman hurriedly beckoned Huan to rush into the room, and hurriedly lit the oil lamp, so that there was a glimmer of light in the room.

The layout of this room is not large, Huan Chong sat in the place that was barely the main room, looked around, and found that the room was as simple as ever, except for the hemp blanket and a bamboo bed he was sitting on, only a rocking cart used to break hemp and silk under the window was barely an ornament. There was also a ball of flax on the cart, and it was obvious that the woman was working in the darkness just now, and she was reluctant to light the lamp, and she did not dare to open the window to relieve the moonlight.

Seeing this, Huan Chong's nose was sour again, and he covered his face with his sleeves, and his mood calmed down a little.

After a while, the villagers who helped piled up all the goods in the court, and then took their leave. Then the woman went in and out and was busy boiling water and making tea, Huan Chong raised his hand when he saw this: "Kui Niang, you don't need to be busy anymore, I will sit for a while and leave, I will return home too late, and it is inevitable that my mother will worry." ”

After hearing this, Kui Niang was full of guilt on her face, and she walked into the room and said again and again that Huan Chong really didn't have to be like this.

Huan Chong looked at the haggard woman, and he was also guilty in his heart. This Kwai Niang is a concubine of his brother Huan Wen, and there were many events in the family earlier, and the family was separated, but this Kwai Niang stayed. Fortunately, thanks to the care of this Kwai Niang along the way, the old mother was able to arrive in Luoyang.

But after Luoyang settled, there was no room for this woman in the house, especially the old mother and the second brother's resentment towards the eldest brother was mostly vented on this woman, and she was quickly expelled from the house.

Huan Chong still remembers that he came forward to persuade at that time, and the old mother's tone was not lacking in meanness: "The prostitute has a low personality and affects my family." She feeds on her own flesh and skin, and she won't starve to death when she's outside......"

Huan Chong didn't dare to disobey his mother's orders, but he really couldn't bear this woman to live in a foreign land. And in his heart, he also faintly felt that he was probably the only one in the family now, and this Kwai Niang still missed his eldest brother.

Huan Chong also told this woman to live in peace and not to be too harsh on herself in terms of diet, but when he saw that there were still some food he had sent in the corner, he knew that it was useless to advise, so he couldn't help but sigh again: "Feng Si in the workshop is talking to me about old things again, but I can't answer anything on behalf of Kui Niang." I know you...... People always have to look at the present, and I really don't know whether that person is alive or dead. But if you still want to obsesse with keeping festivals for him, you don't have to worry about Feng Si, he doesn't dare to use force. When I become self-reliant in the future, I will take you home and raise you, and you will be my eldest sister-in-law in the future. ”

"Lang Jun don't say this, how dare slaves, slaves have such extravagant expectations......"

When the Kwai Niang heard this, her body trembled, and then she burst into tears: "What a slave is so cheap, and how can others tell him, now that he is alive in the world, what chastity can he keep...... But, if the Lord saves me to adulthood, how can I fall for myself...... The slave has nothing to ask for, and when he gets the news of the lord of Lang again, begging Lang Jun to tell him a little, the slave will die without regrets......"

"You owe him nothing, but he owes you a lot...... Alas, if you can rest assured, then it is up to you. ”

After finishing speaking, Huan Chong stood up and prepared to leave. Seeing this, the woman was busy and asked Huan Chong to wait for a while, hurriedly turned around and pulled out a bamboo box from under the bamboo bed, and then stuffed it into Huan Chong's arms: "The slave has no return, and I am afraid that the cheap will use the filthy court door to be innocent, and I also ask Lang Jun not to dislike it." ”

Huan Chong took the bamboo box and looked at it, his face had changed suddenly, and he saw that there were copper coins neatly stacked in the box, and it was estimated that there were thousands of them. He knew that after this woman was expelled from the house, she only spun linen to make a living, and her daily diet was extremely frugal, and it was best to get a dozen dollars a day.

"Aoi Niang, what are you doing here? How can I ......?"

Huan Chong raised his eyebrows and said angrily, but halfway through the words, the Kwai Niang had already knelt on the ground with a thud, and said in a trembling voice: "The slave has been a vassal of the Lang master, and he also knows that the Lang master is wrong, and he can't continue to be filial piety. If Lang Jun doesn't accept it, he will cut off the slave's way of life......"

"You, you stupid woman are also blind to others, even if there is suffering, it is purely self-inflicted!"

Huan Chong said hatefully, using this fierceness to hide the huge guilt in his heart that could not be dissolved, he hugged the bamboo box back into his arms, and then said angrily: "I will accept all these goods, and you don't have to say anything to ask for death." But you have to remember that you are my fugitive slave, since you have escaped, you have to live well, if you die one day, even if there are only bones, I will match you with a lonely soul next to the road! ”

Speaking of this, his eyes were also slightly red, and he bent down to pick up the woman, and said with self-hatred in his mouth: "Stupid woman, what a stupid woman! ”

The woman didn't mean to scold her, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said astringently: "I just ask Lang Jun not to complain about Lord Lang, Lord Lang was hesitant to join General Shen in his early years, but he stayed in the capital because there was no eldest in the family at that time...... If so, if you can go north back then, it may not be a disaster......"

"He is a deceitful man, but he has deceived you, a ignorant woman. If you really care about your family like this, why do you have to change your original intention and strive for a great advance with the voice of my family! ”

When Huan Chong heard this, he said with hatred again: "He is self-inflicted, you are asking for your own hardship!" You two, ha, don't care about what others think, just enjoy yourself. ”

As he spoke, he stepped out of the door, and then saw the woman walking out with her, holding a long wooden stick in her hand, and he couldn't help but be annoyed: "You two are so self-conscious, I am a night market, and I have my own platform law to protect me. Even if you are in danger, how much you can protect me, close the door and defend yourself, and I will come to visit you again on the new day. ”

Seeing that the woman turned around and returned to close the doors and windows, Huan Chong turned around and left, and saw the supervisor Feng Si on the way, so he stepped forward and said: "I will no longer hide Feng Jun, Kwai Niang was originally my brother's favorite concubine, just because my mother didn't like it, my eldest sister-in-law was jealous, and my brother had been away for a long time, so I had no choice but to settle outside." Because it was Feng Jun's invitation, I really didn't dare to respond privately, but this care will be greatly appreciated when my brother triumphs. ”

That Feng Si was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and only after Huan Chong left did he sneer: "What is the matter outside, it's just the remnants of the guilty household." ”

That being said, his mind was indeed light.

Huan Chong held the bamboo box full of copper coins in his arms, bowed his head all the way, and soon returned to his house, seeing that the lights in the old mother's room were still on, he originally planned to go in and ask, but he looked down and saw the money box in his arms, and his face showed a little entanglement, and finally returned directly to his own room.

Huan Chong didn't notice that there was always a rickety figure in the shadows behind him, and he kept looking at Huan Chong and entering the house, and saw that there was no one in the streets and alleys on the left and right, and then hurriedly walked to the front of the court, facing the court door and bowing deeply, whimpering in his mouth, and knocking more than a dozen times, and then he got up and bowed his waist, covered his mouth and nose and ran away.

This figure is naturally Huan Wen, who was liquidated in Jiangdong earlier, and although he was exempted from the death penalty, he was sentenced to slavery. This is not because General Shen deliberately took care of him, most of the guards involved handled it like this. Most of these rebel soldiers were strong men, so they were left with a life as coolie servants.

For more than two years before, Huan Wen had been building a road to Shouchun in Jiangbei. It wasn't until the middle of this year that the completion of the Chi Road was completed, and their group of servants were requisitioned to Heluo for labor.

Seeing Huan Chong on the road before, Huan Wen was also surprised, he didn't know much about his family after he joined the army, and he didn't know that he had moved to Luoyang. Most of them, who were born as guards, were from good families, and they didn't dare to flee and affect their families, so the camp ban was not very strict.

Moreover, after working together for several years, Huan Wen's personality is not lacking in heroism, and he also has some good friends among the sinners, begging someone to cover him up a little, so that he can go out of the camp to peep.

In fact, Huan Wen doesn't have to be so careful at all, his appearance and posture are completely different from those of a few years ago, unkempt and linen, and his description is withered, even if he stands opposite, his family may not be able to recognize him.

Choosing a deserted path all the way out of the city, and the soldiers patrolling the camp at night were also slack, Huan Wen took the opportunity to climb over the fence and hurriedly entered the camp where he was. A few people were awakened in their sleep, and when they saw Huan Wen returning, they were all curious to ask Huan Da how his trip was.

Huan Wen thanked these people deeply, but when he thought of hearing Huan Chong's conversation with that lady under Ah Kui's door, he couldn't help but feel sad, and hid his face and cried bitterly.

"Huanda, you don't have to be sad, we have worked hard for many years, and even if we have any sins, we are all working hard to pay them off. Earlier, I heard the camp owner mention that after the Luoyang camp is repaired, a group of criminals will be exempted from planning deeds. You have always been able to work hard, and you are likely to be exempted, so that you can spend time with your family......"

Hearing Huan Wen's cry, the rest of the hard laborers in the tent were inevitably sad, and one of them opened his mouth to comfort.

After a period of time, Huan Wen's batch of labor servants were used in the vicinity of Luoyang, although he was concerned about his family, especially the helpless stupid lady Ah Kui, but Huan Wen did not dare to let his friends take more risks for him.

However, one day, a paper order actually transferred their group of servants to work in the city, and it happened to be in the square area where Ah Kui's mother lived. If a person's fate is poor, there is great joy when the situation is improved in the slightest, and Huan Wen has been deeply touched at this point, probably even if they succeeded in chaos back then, the joy they got did not have to be as great as it is now.

Living together in the same square, Huan Wen is eager to see the lady again, but the lady has been living in a simple house and almost never shows up at all. Thinking that he had turned from intimacy to estrangement from this lady back then, Huan Wen was even more heartbroken, and now he himself is not free, and he is powerless to improve the situation of this infatuated lady.

But fortunately, the camp was shortened, and Huan Wen accumulated most of the meals in the camp every day, and sneaked out to put it under the lady's court late at night. The servant was already exhausted, and Huan Wen did not continue to eat two meals, so the suffering was inevitably greater, but only in this way could he feel that he and the lady shared the joys and sorrows, and his mood was at peace.

On this night, Huan Wen quietly left the camp again, carrying the food wrapped in linen, and hurriedly entered the court under the cover of night, but before he could pause, several strong soldiers suddenly rushed out from both sides of the court and threw him to the ground.

Huan Wen was horrified in his heart, but he was powerless to struggle, his hair was grabbed, and his face was pressed into the dust.

Soon, the fire in the dim house was bright, and then a few footsteps sounded, and a calm voice sounded: "Kwai Niang, you come to discern carefully, is this evil pawn frequently disturbing you?" If that's the case, cut it directly! ”

Huan Wen heard this vaguely familiar but unfamiliar voice, and the cry for mercy that was about to be roared out suddenly stuck in his throat, his teeth were biting the messy hair thrown in his mouth, and he took the initiative to bury his face in the dust.

A lighter footstep sounded, and Huan Wen felt the scorching heat of the torch approaching on the side of his face, and at this moment he was already nervous and trembling, but his hands, feet and neck were clamped tightly, and he couldn't move at all.

"You, you...... Lang, Lang master! This is Lord Lang......"

Soon, Kwai Niang's excited voice sounded in his ears, and then Huan Wen felt a thin body rushing behind him.

The person standing in the court was Huan Huo, he had just returned to the capital from the front line of Tongguan, and his armor had not even been removed, and when he heard Kui Niang's shout, the whole person was also like thunder, and after a moment of silence, he said in a dry tone: "Raise your head!" ”

Huan Wen's whole person was lifted by the soldiers, and then the messy hair covering his face was also lifted up, and then he saw Huan Huo standing in front of him, full of heroic spirit, and the corners of his mouth trembled unconsciously: "Three, San Lang......"

Huan Huo heard this voice, his fingers clutched the saber around his waist, his eyes were even more round, and after a long while, a cold voice was squeezed out from between his teeth: "Brother, it's been a long time!" ”