Great Leaving the Night's Watch

Chapter 36 Your junior sister is a miserable child

"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked! There is a poor senior brother as there is a broken master!"

Xiao Nizi lost her temper angrily, went back to her room, and slammed the door heavily.

Wang Jin was at a loss, Shi Bin hurriedly explained in a low voice: "Master, my hand was not bitten by a dog, but by my younger sister."

A black line appeared on Wang Jin's forehead...

He slapped his forehead, ran to Ah-Ling's door and said, "I'm sorry, Ah-Ling, Master didn't mean anything else, it was just a misunderstanding."

"I don't want to talk to you!" The little girl yelled as she put the pillow on her head.

Shi Bin wanted to meet Xia Taishi's wife first, but at this time the old man was sleeping soundly.

Wang Jin arranged the apprentice's two bodyguards and the teacher's sister, let them go to rest, and then took Shi Bin's hand and walked outside. The two walked far enough, sat on the chair, and then whispered: "Ah Ling , is a poor child, listen to the teacher slowly tell you..."

After Wang Jin fled the capital with his mother, he lived in Shijiazhuang for a long time. The Shijia father and son treated them like relatives and were reluctant to let them go.But Wang Jin was a wanted fugitive, and he was afraid of hurting the historians and his son. Before parting, he told the two that he was going to the frontier to join the Western Army and fight for fame on the battlefield.

But why later, when Shi Bin went to search for a master, he searched almost all the Western Army's garrisons and asked almost everyone who could inquire, but there was no news of the master at all?
Because the master changed his course and adopted an orphan girl.

In this era of frequent wars, not only the people of the Dali Dynasty hated war extremely, but also neighboring countries such as Liang State and Jing State.

The war destroyed everything.

How many families have been torn apart by wives?
How many battlefields are piled up like mountains of corpses?
After a military disaster, there must be a fierce year.With so many corpses left unburied and bacteria spreading, once a plague forms, under the circumstances of extremely backward medical conditions in ancient times, it will definitely end up empty.

Don't talk about the common people, even the Baili clan of the Liang Kingdom, the Nangong clan of the Jing Kingdom, and some distant clans fled to the Dali Kingdom to avoid the disaster of war.

King Lu was merciful and allowed these refugees to live in Dali Dynasty.

However, they can never have too high a status.

They belong to cheap borrowers, and they even pay more taxes than the big ion people.

Ah Ling's parents are the distant branches of the Nangong clan, other countries would at most go to war with one or two enemy countries.

The people of Jingguo scolded their stupid king, they didn't dare to scold directly, so they had to turn a corner: "Hey, the Nangong clan has fled to another country again!"

It means, look, even the royal family lives in such despair and pain, which shows how miserable our ordinary people's life is.

On the battlefield, the death rate is extremely high.

Farming in the rear, all kinds of exorbitant taxes can still bring your tormented regrets to this beautiful world.

So the people of Jingguo fled one after another at the great risk of being wiped out.

Ordinary people are fine, but the fleeing life of Jing Guo's royal family's descendants can be described as difficult.The royal family regards you as a rebel, and the common people do not regard you as a fellow.

On the way to escape, countless people starved to death.

Nangongling's family of four was considered lucky. Father, mother, and younger brother arrived in Dali territory unscathed.

The other Jingguo people around them hugged each other, rejoicing that after all the hard work, they finally escaped.

And as soon as they saw the clothes of A Ling and his family—the clothes of the distant branches of the royal family also had totem marks on them, which were used to distinguish them from the lower class people—they all stayed away from them.

Although the defenders of the Dali Dynasty obeyed the emperor's benevolent order and did not dare to kill unarmed refugees, they still provided them with food according to the law.But the two sides have been fighting all year round, and it is impossible for the defenders to give them a good face.

Even when carrying out the emperor's will, it is often discounted.

Withholding food from one's own people, greedy into one's own pocket, this serious crime will be scolded by people for eighteen generations of ancestors, and will be severely punished.

But withholding the food of the refugees, who has the patience to take care of you?

The porridge brought by the defenders was sprinkled with a la carte leaves.The dry cake was hard enough to be used as a stone.

With this food, the hungry refugees are like rare treasures.

They scrambled to be the first to grab.

Aling's family only got one piece of cake, which was not enough for the four of them.So Dad begged the defenders bitterly. He was more than 20 years older than the soldiers who distributed the food, but he still forced a smile on his face, calling one after another, begging him for more charity.

But even so, the defenders laughed at them: "Oh, it's good to have a stutter, but I don't think there is enough food, how shameless! I haven't finished helping the beggars in Dali Dynasty, but I still have to help you guys." The people of the enemy country! I tell you that you can survive because of my kindness on the pilgrimage, and the blessings of the four directions! If you don’t have enough food, save some food, go away, don’t bother me!”

Ah Ling's father couldn't take it anymore.

Ah Ling's younger brother was only seven years old, and the child couldn't bear to be hungry, so he hugged Dad's leg and cried into tears: "Dad, I'm hungry!"

Father tore the dry biscuit into three pieces, endured the pain of hunger in his stomach, and said helplessly: "I won't eat it, you three are divided."

It's already so pitiful, who knows that the enemy's people look down on them, and their own people also look down on them.

The people of Jingguo made a fuss together, gloating over there:

"Look, the majestic royal family is as desolate as a dog!"

"Haha, when I was in Jingguo, I don't know how to oppress the people!"

"Retribution!"

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It's really chaotic, not as good as Taiping dogs.

The royal family has no power, at most they have some property. In the early years when there were no wars, A Ling's family lived a happy life without fighting against the world, and never bullied ordinary people.

Full of grievances, they wanted to argue a few words, but found that their stomachs were already hungry, and it took too much effort to even speak.

After completing the escorting task like an errand, the guard general rode on a tall horse and lectured the refugees: "You guys, please remember, when you enter our territory, you must abide by the laws of our court, otherwise you will not be forgiven!"

Da Lichao treated cheap lenders probably better than livestock.

But even so, it is much stronger than those neighboring countries.Taking Liang Guo and Jing Guo as examples, if any citizen of the enemy country dares to enter the country without authorization, he will be killed regardless of the reason.

These cheap loans, if you are lucky, you can get some unowned land. Although you have to pay high land rent, you can survive anyway and have a place to live.

If you are unlucky, you can only beg for a living.

There are also those who take the initiative to recommend themselves to do coolies, but it is very difficult.When people saw your appearance and found that you were from the enemy country, they would either simply blow you away, or you would be beaten badly when you came up. Even if you were willing to hire, you would be used to death like an animal to vent the hatred of years of fighting.

Obviously, the identity of the distant branch of the royal family can't bring any benefits to Aling's family, and it can only bring disadvantages.

There were hostile looks everywhere.

In this way, they were insulted and ridiculed along the way, and the unaccompanied family was starving and floating like rootless duckweed in Dali Dynasty.

Not long after, the money was exhausted, and there was still no place to settle down, and the family was extremely sad.It's a pity that the house leak happened to be raining overnight, Ah Ling's younger brother Nan Gongxuan suddenly had a high fever, at first he was insane, and after another day, he would simply be full of nonsense.

"Sister! I've become a high-ranking official! Now that I'm rich, I'll give my sister a big house!"

"Hahahaha...the roast duck is so delicious, sister, I'll give it all to you!"

"Sister, Sister, Xuanxuan likes Sister the most... Sister is the most gentle and beautiful..."

"Sister, I'm going to heaven...my soul will bless you..."

He couldn't even open his eyes, and his lips were chapped and purple.

This year, Ah Ling was 11 years old.

The younger brother has been very close to her since she was a child, the elder sister dotes on the younger brother, and the younger brother respects the elder sister, the two siblings get along very well.

Ah Ling's sad tears never stopped.

They are already penniless, not to mention medical treatment, and they don't even have money for food and accommodation.

Dad took her hand, and for the first time in his life said in a pleading tone: "Son, Dad is useless, we really can't make it through now. Dad is sorry for you..."

Ah Ling is such a smart child, when he heard this, he immediately reacted: "Are you going to sell me?"

A Niang's tears were falling down, and he hugged his daughter lovingly and said: "My child, you are the meat that fell from your mother, and my mother is reluctant to part with you, but look, besides that, we still have to give up." Is there any other way? Do you want to watch my little brother tortured to death by the disease?"

Tears blurred Ah Ling's eyes, and she said angrily: "A son is a human being, but a daughter is not a human being, right? You think I'm a drag, but don't think about it. What if the buyer is a bad person and sells me to a brothel?" what to do?"

I can't care about these now.

Parents took turns begging her, hoping she would agree.

It was impossible for her to agree, she was terrified of the future.

And finally run away.

Dad completely lost all patience.

Dad beat her up, it was the first time she was beaten by Dad in her life, he yelled angrily: "If you run again, your leg will be broken!"

The mother cried and inserted a grass root into her neck, then covered her face and cried bitterly, saying that she was not human.

The draft mark is a symbol of buying and selling goods.

Now, their daughter is a commodity.

The daughter is so beautiful, of course she can't sell it cheaply.

Furthermore, as a parent, since you have to do such a wicked and unconscionable thing, why not sell it for more money?

In troubled times, it is enough to drive any kind and simple good person into an inhuman beast.

Crazy hungry people can even do such things as changing their sons and eating them, let alone selling their daughters.

They are priced at 50 taels.

Some vagrants came to join in the fun: "Oh, the chick is so beautiful, what, it's so expensive!"

In the days of fighting every day, there will be no rich group of merchants passing by in this remote area.

Rich people have already fled their families to Fugui Township.

The poor can't afford it.

So they cursed and said that Ling's family were crazy.

Ah Ling was not noisy, sat on the ground with empty eyes, feeling more sad than heartbroken, maybe that was it.

The whole day, did not meet the buyer.

They were hungry for a day like this, and the younger brother was sick for a day.

The three of them wanted to cry when they saw his brother's emaciated and pitiful appearance, so they simply turned their heads, and no one dared to look at him again.

In the evening, the king came in.

Wang Jin had already fled in the direction of the border with his old lady, but when he saw the announcement of the Taiwei Mansion, he broke out in a cold sweat!
It turned out that Gao Taiwei had already guessed his escape route, and it was actually not difficult to guess.As the head of the Imperial Army, he has nowhere to go, and the only place he can go is to go to the border and join the Western Army.

So they blocked the road to the Western Army in advance, drew shadows and graphics along the way, and only captured Wang Jin.

Wang Jin had no choice but to go back to the mansion, bypassing Jiangzhou, avoiding Gao Taiwei's immediate sphere of influence, and taking the Dongping mansion.Coincidentally, he actually took the same path as Shi Bin.

Then he and his wife met Ah Ling's family.

When the old lady saw the girl with flowery bones and her younger brother lying on the ground, tears flowed down her cheeks.

She is also a hard-working person, and because she was ill while fleeing, she can most touch the heart of compassion.

So the old lady asked her son, how much money do we have?

When they left Shijiazhuang, Shi Taigong gave them 100 taels of silver.

The mother and son spent a lot of money, leaving more than 90 taels.

Wang Jin, a dutiful son, of course understood what his mother meant, so he took out 50 taels and said, "I'll buy this girl."

Ah Ling's parents were so dry that they couldn't speak, they could only kowtow again and again.

Finally, there is a glimmer of life!

With this money, there is no shortage of money to buy land, houses, food, and medicine.

It should be able to survive.

It is estimated that they will never forget the resentful look in their daughter's eyes when they left.

They didn't have the courage to meet their daughter's eyes.

When they arrived at the inn, Wang Jin bought roast chicken. Ah Ling hadn't eaten such delicious food for a long time, and she cried while eating.

Wang Jin said: "Son, stop crying, everything will be fine in the future."

"You disgusting stinky goatee, you are so old, and you want to buy a girl as young as me, you must have bad intentions!" A-Ling said with a vigilant expression.

Wang Jin stretched out his hand, stroked her beautiful hair, and said, "Master accepts you as an apprentice, teaches you martial arts, and no one will dare to bully you in the future, okay?"

Wang Jin is a benevolent gentleman with the style of an elder.Every move, out of sincerity, without the slightest hypocrisy.

Ah Ling felt it.

She lay on the table and cried.

She couldn't believe that Da Lichao actually had such a kind person who was willing to treat her, a foreigner, so well. After all, the two countries had been at war all year round.

Originally, she was very afraid that Wang Jin would treat her as a slave, as an animal, and make her work hard every day, exhausting herself to death.I am more worried that the other party will play their own ideas.From childhood to adulthood, no one who has seen her dislikes her, and no one does not praise her for her beauty.

But at this time, this 11-year-old little Ah Ling felt that Master was really a good person with a girl's intuition.

And Wang Jin has practiced his words with practical actions.

When they arrived at Dongping Mansion, a remote place where donkeys are rare, they settled here temporarily after they settled down.Wang Jin taught her how to practice swordsmanship and marksmanship, and even bought her a short spear.

The three depended on each other, the old lady liked Ah Ling very much, and Ah Ling also devoted herself to helping the master take care of the grand mistress, saving some money, but not lacking in food and clothing.

Two years have passed, Ah Ling is 13 years old, and she is getting slimmer and taller.

The Nangong family practiced martial arts since they were young, and they have the royal family's martial arts classics. A Ling has some foundation in martial arts, and with Wang Jin's level of mastery, a Ling, an extremely smart child, has advanced very quickly.

Moreover, this girl is not greedy. An expert like Master is good at all kinds of weapons, but she is only good at two things, namely swordsmanship and marksmanship.

Usually bored, the three of them drank tea and ate melons.When chatting together, the mother and daughter must mention Shi Bin in nine out of ten sentences.

The master is even more proud: "Let me tell you, Ah Ling, my beloved apprentice, you are a senior brother, you are of first-class character, and you are the most loyal to your relatives and friends. All the people in the village respect him. After the limelight passes, Master Be sure to take you to find him and let him take care of you. After all, Master will always grow old one day."

Eldest brother doesn't know Ah Ling, but Ah Ling hears about elder brother's deeds every day, and has long been looking forward to meeting the number one good man, gentleman, and hero in the eyes of his master.

Unexpectedly, when they met for the first time, this fellow would actually come up with such a thing as "Welcome the high official Wang Jin to visit Xiwazi again".
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