carved heart

Chapter 11
The boy went up the stairs, walked through the corridor, and passed five or six private rooms before stopping in front of the last one.There were also two children waiting at the door, but Yan Shen who brought her over was nowhere to be seen.The little boy turned sideways slightly, and said, "Girl, please."

The door closed silently.

The house was pitch black.

At this time, Ah Yinfang found that the sky was already dark, and it was already night.Just now, taking advantage of the light outside, she could only see a huge floor-to-ceiling screen inside. She didn't even see the pattern on the screen clearly before the door was closed.

The room is also very quiet at the same time, if Ah Yin hadn't received much training from his grandfather in the past, and his hearing was exceptionally good, he would not have heard a very light breathing sound in the room at this moment.

She pondered what this nobleman meant, and saluted in the dark.

"Minister A Yin pays homage to the nobleman, all blessings to the nobleman."

Breathing slightly increased.

But Ah Yin couldn't hear the nobleman's voice for a long time, he was in a state of surprise, and his breathing became heavier.At the same time, an extremely hoarse voice sounded: "Come here." Ah Yin swallowed invisibly, and moved forward in the dark.

Because he couldn't see his fingers, and he didn't know the layout of the room, Ah Yin walked very slowly.

After a while, she stopped.

The voice seemed hoarse again: "Are you standing so far away because you are afraid of me?"

Ah Yin said: "Master Hou is the proud son of heaven, and Ah Yin respects him in his heart."

"Girl with a glib tongue, come here again." Ayin moved a few more steps, and did not pause until his ankles touched. After touching it, she found that what touched her ankle just now was a table, and the sound of the nobleman's breathing seemed to be far away from her, but after a while, no matter how good Ayin's hearing was, she couldn't tell the direction.

Ah Yin became more and more anxious.

"Ever studied?"

Ah Yin was slightly startled, not sure what the nobleman meant by asking this question, but he could only answer: "As for Lord Hou, my grandfather taught Ah Yin to read when I was young."

"What book did you read?"

"Most of my grandfather taught Ah Yin to learn "The Analects of Confucius." Not only was my grandfather superb in carving skills, but he also read a lot. There were also many books that are not read by women nowadays, and my grandfather was willing to teach her.She is especially grateful to her grandfather.

Ah Yin didn't dare to be distracted, and concentrated on pricking up his ears, for fear of mishearing a word.

At this time, the voice that oppressed her physically and mentally sounded again in the darkness.

"Oh? Lord Ben Hou asks you, is the county magistrate's official college or the prefect's official college?"

"The head of a state is called the prefect, the head of a county is called the county magistrate, and there are counties in the state, so they should be the officials of the prefect..." Before he could say the last word, Ah Yin froze all over, The back is already dripping with cold sweat.

She understood what the nobleman meant.

Shen Changtang's voice was slightly cold, and he asked, "What should it be?"

"It's...it should be..." She stabilized her trembling hands, forced herself to calm down, and said: "If you go back to Lord Hou, the county magistrate is under the jurisdiction of the eunuch, and it should be the eunuch's official head. The women of the people think that the county magistrate is in charge of the county, and the eunuch In charge of the state, each department has its own responsibilities, and each has its own division of labor. For minor matters, go to the county magistrate, and for major matters, go to the prefect. Only in this way can things be organized and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. This is A Yin's humble opinion. If there is anything wrong, please look to Hou Ye Haihan .”

After saying this, Ah Yin's heart beat a little faster.

Just now when the nobleman asked about the comparison between the county magistrate and the prefect, she knew that the nobleman knew about her seeking help from the prefect Li.

The nobleman was dissatisfied with her approach of seeking far away.

In the darkness, no one spoke for a long time, but the sound of breathing became more and more serious, "...you can really speak well," the voice inexplicably added a bit of depression, "Li negative is quite a man, and there are people who can use it for him. There must be no compromise.”

Ayin was stunned for a moment.

... Lord Hou is mentioning her?Thinking of this, she was startled again.Previously, she only focused on using Li Taishou to get rid of Xie's marriage, but she never thought about Li Taishou's character.As the nobleman said, it is indeed troublesome to get rid of Li Taishou.

At this moment, another voice sounded in the darkness.

"Hidden clumsiness can be broken."

Ah Yin suddenly became enlightened, and immediately had a good impression of this nobleman, and quickly said: "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your reminder, Ah Yin is very grateful."

"How do you thank Benhou?" The voice was a little low for no reason, and there was a faint panting.

"Ayin also has a string of eighteen arhat beads..."

The word "nuclear carving" hadn't been uttered yet, the sound of breathing approached suddenly, and the heat gushed out from her ears, and the voice exploded in her ears like a low-pitched cannon, "This Marquis doesn't want nuclear carving."

The waist is already bound.

When she was extremely astonished, the hot soft tongue penetrated into her lips, just like when they first met, sucking every inch of her mouth thoroughly, making her body like ooze, and the brute force bestowed by heaven also There is nothing to do.

The panting sound in the darkness was like the growling of a trapped animal, and Ah Yin was annoyed and ashamed.Obviously, she had already made mental preparations before, so she took the chastity as she wanted, but when the real thing came, Ah Yinfang found that thinking and doing were different, and she was not as calm as she expected.

She wanted to resist, to break free.

But the hands around her waist were as hot as a branding iron, and she had no room to struggle.

"Well……"

She was almost out of breath.

The hotness on the lips left quickly, allowing Ah Yin to gasp for breath.At this moment, she had already softened into a ball of sticky mud, and even the breath she breathed was light and soft, and she couldn't exert any strength in her body, so she could only slump on his body.

After a long while, she could only hear the panting of the person on her body getting lighter.

"...That's really the case."

A Yin didn't know what the nobleman meant by this, she tried to break free after recovering a little bit of strength, but just moved slightly, her mouth was blocked again.Compared with the rudeness just now, this time there is a slight difference.Ah Yin didn't feel violated, let alone being frivolous. In the darkness, her facial features were extremely sensitive.

"...Don't move." The voice was slightly cold.

Both deep words and silent words are outside.

Yanmo listened for a while, but there was no painful moaning, let alone whipping, it was unbelievably quiet.He couldn't help but worried, and said: "I thought Lord Hou found a new person and a new whip, but why is there no movement at all inside? It's not the same as usual."

In the past, men and women in snow-white deep clothes were sent in. Within half an hour, the sound of whips would be heard one after another in the house, until Lord Hou had his fill of fun, and then ordered people to go in and carry out the blood-stained people.

Yan Shen was also very puzzled, it was really too quiet inside.

The strange illness of his family's Lord Hou came from the mother's womb. The imperial doctors in the palace and the folk doctors were helpless. They didn't know the cause, let alone how to cure it. The disease was mild when he was a child. Three days will be fine.But as he grows older, the strange disease becomes more and more serious, the veins on the face are as thick as caterpillars, the heart is more like a thousand worms eating the heart, and the onset is more frequent. Once there is lust, it will attack on the spot.It is also because of this that Hou Ye can only be pure-minded and ascetic all these years.Later, an imperial doctor diagnosed Hou Ye as having frequent episodes of lust, so he asked Hou Ye to find a way to vent his desire, which is why he got the blood-drinking whip.

Gradually, Lord Hou's condition stabilized.

In the past, it happened from time to time, but now it happens every two months. There are men and women in the Hou Mansion to try to vent.Sometimes when the condition is serious, one person is not enough.Looking at it today, could it be that the condition is mild?Is one Yin family enough?

The words are deep in thought.

"Speak deeply."

The voice in the room brought Yan Shen back to his thoughts, and he quickly responded: "The subordinate is here." After speaking, he pushed open the door, but the scene that greeted him surprised him for a while.There was no mess, and no bloodstains. The Yin family knelt on the ground with her head bowed, her ears were red enough to bleed.

He looked at Mu Yanghou again.

He was calm and relaxed, and he didn't feel sleepy at all. In the past, Master Hou would have to rest overnight after he smoked people to recover his spirits.

"Take her to eat." Shen Changtang ordered.

Yan Shen responded, and led Ah Yin out suspiciously.The inn has long been occupied by Mu Yanghou's people, and even the cook in the kitchen was brought out from Mu Yanghou's mansion, so he is very clear about Mu Yanghou's habits.When Ah Yin sat in front of the square table, a table of delicious dishes had already been prepared.

Ah Yin hadn't eaten much for a whole day, just now he was kissed twice by that nobleman, and his strength was exhausted.At this time, when he saw a table of dishes, his index finger moved wildly, and he picked up his chopsticks and devoured them hungrily.Yan Shen was very curious, he looked up and down, left and right, left and right, and saw no scars, he asked, "What did you do in the house?"

It's okay if he doesn't say anything, but Ayin's cheeks flushed slightly when he said it.

She asked: "Master Hou's strange disease occurs every two months?"

Yan Shen said: "You don't need to know."

Ah Yin said "Oh" and continued to eat, the blush on his face gradually faded away.For the first time, Yan Shen felt that he was clumsy. In front of Yan Mo, he was usually the one who had no way to fight back.But at this moment in front of Yin Shi, her silent appearance made him unable to do anything.

When Ah Yin finished eating, Yan Mo also came down.

He said to Ah Yin: "Please also ask the girl to change her clothes. The carriage outside is ready to take the girl back anytime." After a pause, he said again: "Master Hou also ordered to give the girl two days to tidy up the clothes. , someone will pick up the girl in three days."

Ah Yin asked, "I don't know what Lord Hou means?"

Yan Shen glanced at her, and said, "You have been chosen by our Lord Marquis, and you will be brought back to Yongping as a servant girl. I will serve you once every two months, and I will guarantee you endless prosperity and wealth for the rest of your life." Thinking back to the days before Ah Yin's move, he said with emphasis: "Don't be ignorant of good and bad, how many people can't look forward to being a maid next to our Lord Hou. With our Lord Hou, you don't need to show your face outside, let alone Worried that someone will bully you." Worried that Yin could not understand, she spoke deeply and bluntly: "Put the mark of our Lord Marquis, not to mention the Gongcheng Luo family, even the prefect of Suizhou dare not offend you, you don't need to bear it , and you don’t need to be cautious, all you have to do is serve our Lord Marquis well.”

This is undoubtedly a huge temptation, like a pie dropped from the sky, as long as she holds it, it can solve all her current troubles.

So crude, so simple!
But Ah Yin knows that there is no pie in the world that does not need to pay a price. When she bites into it, she can see the Taoyuan, but if she swallows it, it may be the abyss.Even though this nobleman is a Marquis, she doesn't want to pin all her emotions on him.She must not be the only one serving the sick, she agreed, and how is it different from those concubines who wait for their husbands to favor them in the back house?She is also attached to men, but what she is attached to is nobler.

A Yin gritted his teeth and said, "I want to thank Lord Hou."

Yan Shen said: "When you return to Yongping, you can worship as you like, and don't disturb the Lord Hou's rest at this time." He kindly reminded: "If you follow our Lord Hou, you have to abide by the rules of our Hou Mansion. "

A Yin insisted: "Two gentlemen, please pass the word on A Yin's behalf. If Lord Hou doesn't want to see A Yin, A Yin will leave immediately."

Hearing this deeply, he glanced at her thoughtfully.

Yan Mo was about to refuse when he heard Yan Shen say, "Okay."

When going upstairs, Yan Shen lowered his voice and said to Yan Mo: "Master Hou treats the Yin family a little differently, I can see some brows." Sure enough, Shen Changtang in the room agreed to see Ah Yin.Ah Yin straightened his hair, bowed slightly to Yan Shen and Yan Mo, and entered the room.

Unlike before, several lamps were lit in the house, bright as day.

A Yin bowed his head, not looking at Shen Changtang's face.

The child cooks tea and presents the teacup with both hands.

Shen Changtang smelled the tea lightly, he seemed in a good mood, and said: "You don't need to kneel down, I'll give you a seat."

A Yin was still kneeling, and she prostrated herself on the ground and said, "A Yin thanked Lord Hou for his great love. It is a blessing that A Yin has cultivated in three lives by his side. It's just that A Yin was born humble. The mud on the ground is not fit to serve Lord Hou."

"Oh? You don't want to go to Yongping?" Shen Changtang said these words very slowly, with a moderate voice, showing a hint of displeasure.However, without waiting for Ah Yin to reply, Shen Changtang said in a cold voice: "If this Marquis does not allow it, what should you do?"

Ah Yin's voice was resounding, which shows that his heart is firm.

"The only way to repay Lord Hou's kindness is with death."

A quarter of an hour later, a carriage sent Ah Yin away.

Yan Shen asked, "Master Hou really let her go?"

Shen Changtang said: "There is no rush. Set off for Suizhou the day after tomorrow, and you send safe people to follow her. The new medicine of Lord Marquis must not be lost at all." Yan Shen immediately responded, as if thinking of something, and asked: "Hou Lord, but something happened in Suizhou?"

Only Shen Changtang sneered a few times.

"President Wang stretched his hand too far."

The words were deep and clear, and said: "The subordinate immediately ordered to go down."

After everyone retreated, Shen Changtang walked to the window with his hands behind his back.

Outside the window, the moon and stars are sparse, the birds are heavy on the branches, and there are spring cicadas singing from time to time, and the rumbling of carriages in the distance startled the sound of birds.

Thinking of A Yin's last sentence, Shen Changtang said: "This woman is fierce."

When Ah Yin got off the carriage, Jiang Xuan had already rushed over, her eyes were already swollen like walnuts, before she could speak, tears started to fall, her eyes were sobbing, and she shouted dimly, "Sister, you are back."

The person in Xuanyi who sent Ah Yin back was the man in Xuanyi who gave her the finger that day.

On the way back, Ah Yin knew that he was called Chen Dou.

Chen Dou handed out a small white porcelain bottle and said, "Your Majesty asked his subordinates to give it to the girl. It is the palace's thousand gold ointment, which is specially used to treat bruises."

Ah Yin couldn't help being startled, and it took him a while to react.

... That violent nobleman actually noticed that she had hurt her ankle?
"Thank you sir."

Ah Yin performed all the rituals before leading Jiang Xuan back to the house.A copper lamp was lit in the room, and the light was weak. Jiang Xuan held it up and looked at Ah Yin carefully. Seeing her slightly swollen red lips, she remembered what the man in Xuanyi said just now, "specialize in treating bruises" , thought that Ah Yin had been brutalized, and immediately burst into tears again.

Out of breath, she said, "Sister, let's run away."

Ah Yin wiped away her tears, and said softly: "Silly sister, what are you thinking about?"

She sobbed, "No...no?"

Ah Yin smiled and said: "No, nothing. Master Hou just fell in love with my nuclei carving skills and kept me for dinner, so it took so long." Seeing her staring at her lips, she said calmly: "In the past, we always thought about what those noble people in Yongping eat, but now I know." She pretended to be distressed and said: "It seems that we will have no luck in the future, Lord Hou likes spicy food, in dishes, in soup , meat, soup, all put red oil," she seemed to think of something, tremblingly said: "It's really spicy to death, I accidentally touched the corner of the table after eating too much, and my ankle was red, Lord Hou She was sympathetic, so I ordered someone to give me a thousand gold ointment."

Jiang Xuan laughed through tears and asked, "Really?"

Ah Yin knocked her on the head: "Could it be that my sister is still lying to you? See how you cry, go wash your face and apply medicine to me. This is the wound medicine in the palace. out of sight."

Jiang Xuan fetched water and washed her face vigorously.

The cold water hit her face, and Jiang Xuan was sad for a while.The two grew up together, how could she not see the helplessness in her sister's eyes?My sister's nose was red when she ate spicy food, but now her mouth is swollen and red, she must have been underestimated.My sister didn't want her to worry, so she simply pretended not to know.

(End of this chapter)