Chapter 20 Chapter 19 Liudu Party Prison (2)

She feels the same way. This afternoon, Dong Xiaowan wanted to take a nap, but couldn't fall asleep.The sound of cicadas flying in through the open window disturbed her.She went to the window and was about to close it when she saw Xixi sticking a cicada with a bamboo pole under a willow tree. The cicada flew away, but she was still standing stubbornly at the bottom of the bamboo pole.Dong Xiaowan thought of Qinhuai River when he was young.Her father failed to catch cicadas every time, so he had to pick two cicada sloughs from the branches to comfort her. Thinking of her childhood, there is always a trace of happy memory, and a smile blooms at the corner of her mouth.

She wanted to call Xixi, and wanted to drag her out of the quiet past about the cicada.At this time, she saw a servant girl coming in a hurry, fanning the wind with a handkerchief as she walked. The hot weather made her face ruddy, panting, and dripping with sweat.When the girl saw her upstairs, she stopped and said loudly: "Young madam, the old madam told you to go to the mansion, there are relatives here." It turned out to be Mao Pijiang's aunt, uncle, and a cousin.They had just escaped from the north and were going to settle down in Yangzhou, so they came to visit Rugao Maofu.

Dong Xiaowan met with them one by one, and her aunt took her hand and said, "It's more beautiful than the legend." While agreeing, Dong Xiaowan avoided the gaze of that cousin, thinking that he must be a playboy.The old lady just introduced him as Chen Na.She hated him intuitively, how could he be such a lustful guy. After dinner, Dong Xiaowan bid farewell and went back.She entered the water painting garden with her front foot, and Chen Na followed her in with her back foot.She feels sick.Chen Na smiled and said, "I have heard for a long time that the water painting garden is wonderfully built, and my younger brother is here to watch it."

Dong Xiaowan suppressed her displeasure, and thought: this kind of rascal and thick-skinned scoundrel, why not make fun of him, vent your anger on the one hand, and have fun on the other, she said: "You just walk around the courtyard alone, It's getting dark, go home early." Dong Xiaowan went straight upstairs.Chen Na caught up and saw that there was no one around. He boldly grabbed her sleeve and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I have long admired my sister-in-law's reputation. I am very happy to see you today. Let me accompany you. Anyway, cousin Not at home, my sister-in-law will feel lonely even if she thinks about it.”

She turned pale with anger, and she made up her mind to punish him.Then he said: "I can't see your handsome appearance, but you are full of bad water." "Goodbye, sister-in-law." "How about this, you go shopping around in the yard first, and we'll talk about it when it gets dark." Chen Na was overjoyed and thought he had succeeded.So I went to visit the Water Painting Garden by myself. Dong Xiaowan called Xixi and Li Yuandan.The two of them were very angry when they heard this, but after hearing Dong Xiaowan's plan, they laughed happily again.Prepare according to her arrangement.

Before leaving, Dong Xiaowan ordered: "Although this man is hateful, don't hurt him, and save some face for the master." Chen Na was intoxicated with joy, and had no intention of looking at the garden, but only chose the wide path covered with pebbles. Seeing that it was still dark, he scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously.He broke off a branch in his hand, and vented his anxiety on the gorgeous flowers in the garden.Wherever he walked, with the rustling sound of branches sweeping through the air, flowers, flower buds, and flower branches broke and flew down one after another, no matter whether it was yellow, red, purple, white, green, or orange flowers were not spared in difficulty.

It was finally dark. The prodigal son did not know where he learned the rules of stealing and whoring in Qinhuai River, so he knew that he had to throw something upstairs first.In order to better arouse Dong Xiaowan's attention, he picked up a stone and threw it through the window.After a muffled sound, there was the sharp sound of porcelain cracking. Angry and resentful, Dong Xiaowan grabbed the stone, ran to the window, and threw the prodigal son hard, wishing to smash him to death.Chen Na dodged it.The stone hit the ground hard, bounced high and rolled a long way.He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat, and was about to curse upstairs, but when he saw her waving her hands, he immediately became happy again. Dong Xiaowan threw a ball of paper to him, and then closed the fan with all her might.

He picked up the ball of paper and unfolded it. It said: "There is a courtyard on the east side of the courtyard wall, and we will meet again in the dead of night." Chen took this promise, danced and looked eastward, and there was indeed this place, with four high walls and two sides. There are doors.Once the doors on both sides are closed, ghosts cannot be found.He thought: Prostitutes will pick a place, and it will be a night here, cool and secret. He was proud when he heard someone talking, and hurriedly hid in a dark corner, only to see two servants come in, one asked: "Is there no one?" The other said: "There is no one, lock it." After opening the door, the two went out through another door and locked the door again.

This time, he couldn't fly even with his wings. He was a little anxious, and only hoped that Dong Xiaowan had the key. The moon was in the middle of the sky, and the ground was covered with silver-like moonlight and swaying tree shadows.He was worried that he had been fooled, when suddenly a few long objects were thrown from outside the wall. When he took a closer look, the objects began to wriggle, full of colorful snakes.He was so frightened that he ran to the door, knocked on the door, and yelled for help. Suddenly there was a commotion outside.As soon as he heard it, he knew that these people had already stood outside.People were shouting: "There are thieves, there are thieves, there is a thief here." He thought: "Damn it, it's clear that she has plotted against me, a bad woman." Ordinary people dare not do anything to him.Thinking this way, he turned around and saw the wriggling snake on the ground again. He bristled again and knocked on the door desperately, shouting, "Let me out, let me out."

Someone opened the door, and Chen Na rushed out.A cloth bag opened its mouth and waited, covering him.Li Yuandan shouted: "Drag it out and beat it." A few others ran into the yard to catch the snake, so as not to take shelter in the yard and scare the family. Those who beat them know how to beat, and they only hit the parts that are not visible, and the sticks are all wrapped with cloth, so that they will not hurt the muscles and bones, and even if there are injuries, they are internal injuries.All of a sudden, seven or eight sticks came down violently.Chen Na was in so much pain that he cried for his father and mother.

Seeing that the fight was almost over, Dong Xiaowan vented her anger.He asked Xixi to come with a lantern.She waved her hand with a smile, and everyone laughed and dispersed.She deliberately asked, "What's the noise in the middle of the night?" Someone said loudly: "A thief has been caught." Hearing Dong Xiaowan's voice, Chen Na hurriedly shouted, "I'm not a thief, I'm not a thief. I'm Mr. Mao's cousin." Someone took off the cloth bag and shone a light on his face with a lantern. Dong Xiaowan said, "Oh, it's Mr. Chen. Why are you still in the Water Painting Garden? It's almost three o'clock." Chen Na knew that he had been tricked, but he was dumb and ate yellow lotus—he couldn't explain his suffering, so he had to pretend: "This yard is too big, and I lost my way." Everyone laughed secretly. Li Yuandan said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." As he spoke, he came up and hugged him vigorously, and said to everyone: "Go back." Li Yuandan said that he wanted to send Mr. Chen back to Maofu, and whispered to him to hand over the note as he walked. When Chen refused, he secretly punched him in the ribs.After punching about ten times in this way, they arrived at the street, which was empty. Chen Na couldn't take it anymore, so he had to take out the harmful note, and Li Yuandan lit it on the roadside charity lamp to watch it burn to ashes. He sent Chen Na back to Maofu, and Chen Na felt ashamed, so he tried to find a way to get his parents to leave Rugao early the next day. Let's talk about Dong Xiaowan and Xixi returning to the bedroom while laughing.Xixi blew out the lantern and hung it in the corridor, looking like a big blind pumpkin. After this toss, the two were so excited that they didn't feel sleepy at all.However, something weird happened.Dong Xiaowan was sure that she didn't feel sleepy at all, but as soon as she sat down on the edge of the bed, her eyelids closed heavily automatically, without being controlled by her will. Next, the same thing happened again.She said, "What the hell, I can't keep my eyes open when I sit down." "Clearly want to sleep." Xi Xi said: "No matter how fun today is, I can't delay my sleep." Xixi pulled her to the side of the bed and helped her take off her dress.Dong Xiaowan had no choice but to lie down.No sooner had she closed her eyes than she saw herself on the edge of a gigantic abyss, in a state of horror.She wanted to wake up, but she couldn't open her eyes no matter what.The abyss is like a huge lip, wriggling sensually, as if to engulf her.She called Xixi loudly.The strange thing is that she didn't rush out of her mouth when she heard her shout, and the shout echoed in the abyss.She wanted to run, but her legs seemed to be filled with lead, and she couldn't start.From the abyss, a black mist with teeth and claws rose up, and the black mist spread, filling the surrounding fields, and a person appeared in the mist, blurred at first, but gradually became clear, standing in front of her.This man is Mao Pijiang, he is unkempt, with a big shackle around his neck, with a bloody fork on it.Dong Xiaowan called out: "Young Master!" Just as he was about to reach out to grab him, a blinding flash of lightning wiped everything out.She opened her eyes, sweating from head to toe, and the pores all over her body hurt like needles. Xixi was extinguishing the candles on the wall one by one, when she suddenly heard Dong Xiaowan calling out to be an imposter, and looking back, her sister was struggling on the bed, obviously having a nightmare. She hurriedly ran to the bed, but she woke up, still scared, hugged Xixi hurriedly, Xixi felt that she was still shaking. After a while, she talked about what happened just now.Then he said: "The strange thing is that I did not fall asleep." Xixi was terrified when she heard that, and immediately felt that the room was very gloomy, and hurried to relight the extinguished candle.Feel better like this. Just after dawn, Su Yuanfang hurried over.Both eyes were covered with black shadow circles, and it looked like he hadn't slept all night.As soon as she opened her mouth, she said: "It's scary." Dong Xiaowan asked her: "What's so scary?" She said that last night she dreamed of Mao Pijiang wearing shackles and handcuffs.Dong Xiaowan felt dizzy for a while.Xixi was stunned. Mao Pijiang felt that he became lighter and could even fly.He didn't know where he was.The world around you is so strange and mysterious, full of scary things. After a blinding flash, he stood in a desert with the wind howling. There are many things writhing under the dunes.It was as if there was a market below.He walked forward and found that his footprints were bigger than a person, and he stepped deeply into the quicksand.He thought: "Is it going to hell?" Someone was waving at him.He still couldn't shorten the distance with that person.Now that he was no longer in the desert, he heard the rush of running water.A wide river appeared in front of it. The river was swift, sparkling, and crystal clear.He had never seen cleaner water. He feels happy, he has always liked water, and he can always feel happy when he is by the water. When a person is happy, he gets carried away. He was about to jump into the water when suddenly an old man stood in front of him.He was startled, and the old man pointed to the back: "Someone is coming." He woke up when he looked back. Later, someone said that the river was Wangchuan, and people would die if they jumped into it. When he woke up, he heard someone say: "Wake up." "This kid is lucky, he was not stuck to death by a lunatic." Only then did he recall the incident of being stuck in the neck at night.He saw two jailers standing before him.One of them said, "The madman has been dragged out and chopped up." The other said: "Get up and let the wind go, the warden wants to give a lecture." Only then did Mao Pijiang realize that he had been unconscious for most of the day.He felt weak all over his body. Maybe people who have died once are weak all over. They need a little fresh air to keep them alive. Two prison guards helped him up, and he was dizzy for a while before he had the strength to move forward. He felt that it took all his energy to reach the yard outside the cell. It was the time to release the wind, and many prisoners were sparsely gathered in the courtyard, including murderers, adulterers, arsonists, traitors, and innocent people.The afternoon sun was extremely dazzling, and he felt as if he hadn't seen the sun for a long time, and an unpleasant smell emanated from his body. Chen Dingsheng and Wu Ciwei came to meet him.After exchanging pleasantries with each other, Chen Dingsheng accused him: "Look at you, you are so weak that you are about to die. What are you afraid of, beheading will only leave a bowl of scars." Mao Pijiang knew that he had misunderstood, so he told what happened last night.Chen Dingsheng said: "So that's how it is." At this time, a jailer stood on the steps and beat a broken copper gong desperately, and shouted loudly: "The warden speaks, and the prisoners stand still." Prisoners gathered in the middle of the courtyard. The prison warden was a fat and strong man, obviously a former executioner, who had eaten the hearts and livers of countless people in his life. Mao Pijiang was dazed by the sun, he didn't hear what the warden said, only the last few words fell into his ears.The warden strengthened his tone in these few words, arbitrarily showing a long-established majesty and bullying towards prisoners: "No matter who it is, it's a dragon, you coil up for me, it's a tiger, you crouch up for me, here is A stake to tie a strong horse." Dong Xiaowan was worried about taking the frontier, but there was still no news.Su Yuanfang often sat in front of her with teary eyes. In fact, she felt uncomfortable, but she had to be distracted to comfort the young lady.Later, the two discussed and decided to ask Li Yuandan and Maoquan to go to Nanjing, and they must bring back a confirmation. Li Yuandan and Mao Quan traveled to Nanjing. Mao Quan knew where Mao Bijiang usually went, so he took Li Yuandan to Lianhua Bridge to Chen Dingsheng's home.When he arrived at the gate of the Chen Mansion, Mao Quan was surprised, but saw that the gate was locked, and two huge white paper seals were crossed and pasted on the door. The ink on the seals had been diluted. . A shopkeeper next to him leaned forward and asked, "Guest officer, are you looking for someone from the Chen family?" Mao Quanzheng wanted to ask each other, but Li Yuandan spoke first. He is used to the world and knows the dangers of the world.He said, "No, we're not looking for anyone. We're just curious when we see such a big seal." Li Yuandan pulled Maoquan away.After walking more than a hundred steps, I saw an old woman selling pastries, so I pretended to be shopping.Li Yuandan asked softly: "Mother-in-law, what happened to Chen Dingsheng's family?" The old woman said: "Hurry up. Something happened, and they were all caught in jail. The peddler at the door is Jin Yiwei. The people who came to Chen's residence recently, come one by one, come two to catch a pair, you go quickly! Mr. Chen How can a good person break the law? People can't figure it out." Hearing this, Mao Quan broke into a cold sweat, he was too reckless just now, Li Yuandan thanked the old lady, and bought two shortbread by the way , both of them thought it was not tasty, so they turned the corner and threw it to a little beggar. "Housekeeper, where are you going now?" Mao Quan pondered: "At first I wanted to go to Meixiang Building, but now it seems that I can't go. I guess there are Jinyiwei guards." Li Yuandan said softly: "I think Mr. Mao is probably in disaster." Mao Quan also nodded in agreement. The weather was too hot, so the two went to a tea shed to drink tea.Maoquan supported his head with his hands, trying to think about where to go to find out the news.Li Yuandan drank tea frequently to cover up his anxiety. Suddenly, a group of people came in, looking for seats one after another. The two of them were surprised, and another group of people rushed in outside, also looking for seats one after another. The people who took the seats were all facing a wall, as if some god wanted to get out of the plaster. The mottled wall seems to be a ghost, and people are looking forward to it.Mao Quan asked a person who had just sat down next to them: "Brother, why are there so many people?" "I heard the book, it's wonderful." Maoquan suddenly thought of Liu Jingting, and his heart suddenly brightened, why didn't he go to him?He asked the man, "Is it Liu Jingting's storyteller?" The man said: "No, it's from the north, it's not as famous as our Liu Mazi from Nanjing." Maoquan stood up and called Li Yuandan, and the two of them went straight to the famous Changyin Pavilion to find Liu Jingting, but when they arrived at the Changyin Pavilion, they hadn't opened the door yet.A lot of people sat in front of the door and went up to knock on it, someone said: "You two are more anxious than us, Liu Mazi is still fishing outside the city." "Are you all here to listen to his stories?" Li Yuandan asked. "Of course, I'm talking about "The Storm Pavilion" these two days!" He thought to himself: If we wait until Liu Jingting like this, I'm afraid we won't have much time to talk, so why not go to the river to find him.Then he asked where Liu Jingting was fishing.So he rushed out again.At the gate of the city, he met Liu Jingting walking leisurely with a string of small fish on his shoulder, and he recognized Mao Quan.Said that he didn't know the news about Pijiang, but Yang Longyou must know.The three of them looked for Yang Longyou again, and many people on the way paid respects to Liu Jingting, and Li Yuandan admired them. Only after seeing Yang Longyou did he know that Mr. Mao had indeed gone to prison, so Mao Quan rushed back to Rugao overnight.Li Yuandan lives in Yang Longyou's house, waiting for an opportunity to rescue the impostor.He wanted to act recklessly several times, but was stopped by Yang Longyou. Faced with the bad news brought back by Mao Quan, Su Yuanfang passed out on the spot.Dong Xiaowan also wavered, but persisted.She immediately decided to go to Nanjing.After all, she is familiar with Nanjing, and she is willing to save Mao Pijiang from prison regardless of her life.She took Xixi and Mingyan with her, and left Rugao the next day. When she arrived in Nanjing, she looked at the familiar streets and buildings, and was full of emotions in her heart. How much she wanted to walk freely on this street. Unfortunately, several times I couldn't help but want to jump out of the car to experience the neighborhood where I grew up, but Dong Xiaowan stopped them very rationally. When they arrived at Master Yang's mansion, Mingyan knocked on the door first, Dong Xiaowan and Xixi jumped out of the car, covered their faces with long sleeves and ran in.Ma Wanrong happily carried her into the hall.Yang Longyou was sleeping on the bed in the morning, when someone told him that Dong Xiaowan was coming, he hurried out without getting ready, wearing wooden clogs.After everyone met, they took their seats. When asked about Li Yuandan, Ma Wanrong said numbly: "Punching in the backyard, like a lunatic, almost killed my plum tree with green pistil." In fact, Li Yuandan didn't know Yang Longyou very well because of loneliness, so he had to practice boxing every day To relieve boredom, he didn't know that plum tree was Ma Wanrong's favorite. Just when Dong Xiaowan was on his way to Nanjing, Mao Pijiang's life in prison has been substantially improved because of A Piao's help. It was cloudy that morning.Dark clouds rolled in the sky, and thunder rang in the distance. The heat no longer comes from the sky but from the earth.When the wind was released, the rain had not yet fallen.The prisoners never missed the opportunity to breathe the outside air, the prison was too filthy. When Mao Pijiang came outside the prison, the heat rising from the ground almost made him vomit.But this day a new jailer wanted to make fun of the prisoners. He asked the prisoners to line up and run in circles in the yard.After playing for a while, he felt that it was not enough, so he wanted to pick someone out to play the "Eagle" game.He scanned the crowd with his eyes, thinking to pick a weaker guy, otherwise the "Eagle" would be too embarrassing if it couldn't fly. Mao Pijiang was unfortunately favored by him.Mao Bijiang was originally weak, and coupled with the darkness of his life in captivity, his face became even paler, and he became even weaker with the black prison clothes. His prison number was marked on the prison clothes: three hundred and sixty-five characters, commonly known as clothes. The new jailer shouted loudly: "No. 365, stand up." No one among the runners responded, and Mao Pijiang was not used to his number at all, so he didn't realize that he was calling himself. The new jailer was furious, and he whipped a leather whip in the air to make a loud noise. He roared: "No. 365!" Mao Bijiang still hasn't woken up.The man next to him became anxious, kicked him and said, "Boy, I want you to come out." He realized his prison number, just when the jailer yelled a third time at the top of his lungs: "Three hundred and sixty-five No!!!" He shouted out. The new jailer asked him to come forward, reached out and grabbed his left ear, and growled: "You boy, you don't have a hole in your ear, I will drill one for you." While talking, he dragged him to the corner and shouted: " Stand still." Mao Pijiang knew that the wardens felt like they were in prison because they guarded the prisoners for a long time, so they were a little perverted. They were ruthless when they tortured the prisoners, and the more they resisted, the harder they were. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and endure the torture that was about to happen. The new jailer gripped the whip as if holding a long gun, the veins on the back of his palms were swollen, the masseter muscles on his cheeks were stretched into three pieces, and the "crack" sound of teeth could be heard. Mao Pijiang didn't dare to look at him again. "Hey!" The new jailer slammed the whip against his ear... There was a muffled thunder in the sky. Mao Pijiang instinctively tilted his head, the blow was still heavy, the helix was bloody and bloody, he passed out on the spot, and his left ear was slightly deaf since then. The new jailer kicked him hard, and seeing that he was really fainted, he cursed and went to fetch a bucket of water and poured it on his face.Mao Pijiang woke up leisurely, his left face was hot, thunder was thundering in his head, and there was the sound of cicadas chirping. He stood up, still staggering, seeing his dazed appearance, the new warder brought another bucket Water poured down from the top of his head, and the protruding parts of his face became like eaves dripping outwards. However, the punishment is not over yet. The new warden saw that he was trembling all over, but he was a little excited, and his stomach was also distended, so he had to loosen his belt and tie a new knot.He said, "Boy, come here, you are an eagle." Pijiang must fly! Before flying, he had to stand upright with his feet close together, lean forward as much as possible to keep the ground level, and then raise his hands sideways, like spread wings.The jailer stood with his hips akimbo, waiting for the perfect moment. He was sweating, and the hair on his chest could be seen shining through his open clothes. When Mao Pijiang's legs trembled slightly, the time came.He raised his foot and kicked Mao Pijiang's ass.The kicking method of this kick is very particular, and the highest point of the buttocks should be kicked with most of the inner instep.The old jailer once said: "In this way, your strength can penetrate his body, pass it to the brain through the spine, and let the head drive the whole body to fly. At the best time, he will fly three feet away from the ground. If you know how to enjoy it, you will You can hear the tearing sound of the air from the messy noises, that is the real happiness, happiness like marriage." The old jailer spit out a mouthful and said: "Young man, remember that skill is very important. You must use your inner Kick the back of your foot. Otherwise, you will hurt your big toe. Ask, which old guy has never broken his big toe? Which one doesn’t have arthritis? It’s all caused by not paying attention to skills when he was young.” At that time, he was young enough to bluff, Now that he has already mastered the skillful technique, he has become the only one who has never hurt his big toe. He just came to this prison today, how could he not show himself? With a sound, he couldn't figure out why he was so frail or light-hearted and flew out lightly. He attributed the reason to the weakness of his legs and the too strong front inertia on his body.He tried his best to support his fallen body with both hands, but his face still fell heavily to the ground.He stood up, bleeding from the corner of his mouth.He clenched his teeth, absolutely not intending to give in. The new jailer stared at him a few times, and said, "Hey! You're still a tough guy." After speaking, he was slapped again, making him shake again.The other prison guards simply smiled. It is not surprising that they have seen too much in their eyes. Most of the prisoners have also experienced it, and they all look like they are gloating. . At this time, a gong sounded, and the time for letting the wind pass.The prisoners went back to their cells again, and the new warden thought that time had passed too fast and he hadn't had enough.He kicked Mao Pijiang and said, "Damn it, go back to the prison." There was a buzzing in Mao Pijiang's head, thinking that the prison disaster was far away, he sighed, despair began to enter his heart, and he moved step by step to the cell with difficulty.Out of an instinctive reaction to avoid the wind and rain, he thought it was his home.He stood in front of the cell door, looked back at the sky with nostalgia, he noticed the wind and rain in the sky, the rain formed a misty white curtain, and it would soon come down, pattering on the blue tiles. Just as he was about to step into the prison door, a jailer called out loudly: "No. 365." This time, he knew it was him, stepped forward and hung his foot in the air, and turned his head in a daze. Looking at the man, only seeing freckles all over his face, the man said respectfully: "Young Master Mao, please follow me." It was so unbelievable that someone in the prison called him a fake son.He didn't know what kind of fate was hanging over him again, and he followed the jailer in a daze.The passage seemed too long, and he guessed that there was some kind of mysterious punishment waiting for him, otherwise, the jailer would not be so respectful, he had seen too many people hide vicious murderous intentions amidst respect.Maybe for torture?Or simply let yourself disappear from this world without a sound?He had heard of the assassination. However, he did not expect a better turning point.When he faced a strange man who looked like a teacher, he was still at a loss.They were in a separate room, and the jailer withdrew respectfully, closing the door behind him.The two looked at each other without speaking.Both of them heard the hot rain hitting the roof tiles in the summer afternoon. At first, they were fragmented, like sand scattered by ghosts, and then they became one piece. It is conceivable that the whole world is trapped in the rain.The cicadas that were hoarse just now were like a few frantic flames, which were extinguished when they were drenched by the rain. Master speaks first.He was the servant of Ma Shiying, Minister of the Ministry of War, and now works as the housekeeper of A Piao's hall.When Mao Pijiang heard about A Piao, his heart was shocked. It turned out that Ah Piao felt extremely uncomfortable when he witnessed Mao Pijiang being taken away with his own eyes.After the person sent to inquire about the news came back and told her where she was imprisoned, she thought about a good way to save him, but after much deliberation, there was always a lack of a suitable person. She had no relatives in Nanjing City, and felt even more isolated at this time helpless.She also knew that Ma Shiying hated the people of Fushe and was suspicious by nature, if he asked him to forgive the impostor, it might be counterproductive. She couldn't figure out what to do, and finally focused on the housekeeper.This person is quite capable, but he is Ma Shiying's confidant.How to use him successfully?Late one night, she thought of a sentence that Fan Cheng said when he persuaded him to seduce Pijiang: "At any time, a beautiful woman can use her body to gain the greatest benefit, it depends on whether you can use it." She was at a loss. Wide open. A Piao successfully seduces the butler, and then successfully controls him.Every night, the butler desperately climbed over the low walls and came to her room. She knew he would definitely come, and the more he came, the more sure he would be. This kind of cheating frightened the butler. He never dared to have any wrong thoughts about the housewife, he couldn't believe that he could enjoy such a beautiful blessing when he was getting old.While waiting for him to come, she carefully put on a wide skirt without even underpants. She thought it would be convenient to save time. When the butler who was in a trance came in, the two of them had no time to say hello. .He came up to him in a panic, panting heavily, retreating his trousers to his knees, his jacket still buttoned up to save the effort, his shoes still on, and doing it in terror.All he wanted in his heart was to leave quickly. Before she was satisfied, he had already tied up his pants exhaustedly, slipped away, quickly passed a lantern in front of the door, and hunched over into the shadows.Ah Piao sneered at the darkness. One morning, Ah Piao stopped him and asked straightforwardly, "Do you love me?" The housekeeper was so frightened that he was scared out of his wits, and tremblingly said: "Of course." Ah Piao asked again: "Would you like to do something for me?" "The slave will die forever." So, the housekeeper took over the task of saving Mao and opening the frontier. He thought it was not difficult, but it was a bit tricky to do.He came to visit Mao Pijiang with curiosity, and with his signboard of Ma Shiying's house, the prison guards were already in awe of him. As soon as the steward left, Mao Pijiang's situation improved.The warden thought his release would be inevitable.So Mao Pijiang was locked in the brightest cell, and he enjoyed the joy of the wardens serving him. The housekeeper lost no time in presenting some coins to the warden. No matter how good the conditions are, this is a prison cell after all, a place without freedom. Mao Pijiang thought that A Piao must have a way to rescue himself, so he calmed down, and regarded this place as a temporary and inevitable unsatisfactory inn in this life . When the butler came to see him again, he asked him what he needed?Mao Pijiang had a whim, why not read more books to pass the time, just to read the books that you don't usually have time to read.The housekeeper said, "How difficult is it to have a few broken books?" On the second day, a special person picked out two baskets of various books for him. Yang Longyou went out to inquire about the news. Li Yuandan and Mingyan wandered around the city of Nanjing every day. Due to the arrival of too many upstarts, everything in the city was expensive. The price of Mingyan's favorite fried sparrows also doubled. He complained honestly for a few days, but Dong Xiaowan and Xixi didn't dare to show up. Fortunately, with Ma Wanrong's comfort and care from time to time, the anxiety in her heart didn't make her feel weird. Inquiring into the situation of Mao Pijiang and Fushe's sons did not make much progress, it was just that people who cared about them added some new guesses to their guesses. Due to the inconsistency of everyone's thinking, things presented many possibilities, just like dripping. A mass of ink on the rice paper was blown out by different people in different directions, clues were blown out in different directions, and none of the countless rays was correct, so it was difficult to sort out the clues.On the other hand, because Nanjing City is a famous prostitute resort, officials wantonly recruit beautiful women from Qinhuai to show off their wealth, so Yang Longyou keeps bringing back some bad news. Dong Xiaowan was originally the most famous character on the Qinhuai River, once he was discovered by the powerful officials, he would inevitably cause trouble.She originally wanted to visit Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun in secret, but she was afraid of causing disaster, maybe she couldn't save Mr. Mao, and even herself would sink into the sea of ​​misery, so she had to hide in Yang Longyou's house patiently, enduring the feeling of missing her sisters . Unexpectedly, even Yang Longyou's house is not a place to stay for a long time.On this day, Yang Longyou rushed back and was out of breath for a long time in front of Ma Wanrong and Dong Xiaowan. Ma Wanrong wiped the sweat from his face pityingly and asked fiercely: " Dead old man, what's the rush? Everything will be disturbed by you, as if the sky is falling." "Hey! The big thing is not good!" Yang Longyou panted and said, slapping his thigh hard. Dong Xiaowan was startled when he heard his tone, she just thought something happened to Mao Pijiang, her mind was buzzing, and her eyes turned black.Ma Wanrong also thought so, and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?" Her voice was crying. Yang Longyou said: "I don't know which bastard it is, and the whistleblower said that Wan Jun is here. Ma Shiying will send someone to invite you to play "Swallow Notes" by the traitor Ruan." This news was undoubtedly a thunderstorm.But Dong Xiaowan dealt with it calmly, after all, it wasn't bad news for Pijiang.So Dong Xiaowan hurriedly left Yang's Mansion and stayed in an inn fifty miles outside the city.In order to prevent accidents, Li Yuandan stood guard all day long and only communicated with people outside Mingyan City. This inn is located by the Qinhuai River. Dong Xiaowan never goes out, and often looks out the window at the shimmering willow shadows in the sun, which arouses her deep nostalgia for the past, and brings back her sadness and joy.Xixi comforted her, and her sadness infected Xixi. "Sorrow makes a woman beautiful." Li Yuandan sat in the corner of the spacious dining room and saw Xixi who came out for a walk and came to this conclusion. Xixi is much more beautiful than when he first arrived in Maofu. It is really strange, some women can always change more and more it is good.Li Yuandan thought about it for a while, and then buried himself in the thick pork knuckle again.Xi Xi stood in front of the door, looking at the road. The noon sun was shining on the road, making it pale. There were only a few scattered people on the road, and two pigs and two flocks of chickens were wandering listlessly.Xi Xi didn't know what she wanted to see, she was just watching. She saw Mingyan coming on horseback from a distance, the vibration through the thin air, and the dust kicked up by the horse's hooves on the long-dry road. She saw the smile on Mingyan's face that she hadn't seen for a long time, happy The smile, everything becomes the background of the smile, it is like a reef emerging from the sad sea level.Xixi leaned against the door frame and laughed. Mingyan brought back some comforting news.Today, Yang Longyou took out one hundred taels of silver and successfully made the warden close one eye, so he passed through three fortified prison doors, visited Mao Pijiang, and learned about his current situation and the message he sent to Dong Xiaowan. One sentence: "I have no worries about my life. Nanjing is dangerous. Please return to Rugao quickly, Mr. Wan, and don't fall into the fire pit again because of me." This sentence moved Dong Xiaowan.Finally heard the exact news about Mao Pijiang, which whetted her appetite.When eating, Xi Xi thought that she would fill her stomach with all the food she owed during this period. It was late at night, and Dong Xiaowan sat under the green lamp thinking hard about the way to rescue the impostor.She brightened the lamp.The shop owner stopped Xixi in the corridor and begged her to ask his wife to save some lamp oil. In the era of war and chaos, everything was expensive, so Xixi gave him two taels of silver and told him to light up all the lamps in the shop. To pick the brightest level. In the dark night, the small shop is like a bright pearl, its light can be seen from several miles away, and it is impossible to guess what the shopkeeper is doing to waste the lamp oil.The invisible wisdom wandering in the night draws closer to the small shop like a gossamer, converging into a force and rushing into Dong Xiaowan's heart, enabling her to gradually untie countless knots through only a little news, and find the way to rescue Mao Pijiang. The key, and the only possible way. At first, her focus was on the woman she had never met. Since this Ah Piao could be the goddaughter and concubine between the two rich eunuchs, she must be an exceptionally beautiful woman.How could Mao Bijiang have a deep friendship with such a woman? She is so dedicated to saving, her friendship is extraordinary.Thinking of this, Dong Xiaowan became a little jealous, her arrogance made her shift her focus away from A Piao, she must rely on her own methods to solve the problem.How to solve it?The only way is to jailbreak.她从冒辟疆所处环境细节开始想起，最后将焦点集中到挑书进去的箩筐上，智慧像一道急切的闪电划破了长空，闪电又变成剪刀，唰唰唰剪去了所有的细枝末节。最后只呈现了一只箩筐，金光灿烂的箩筐盛满了希望。 为了明显地看见白天的来临，她叫惜惜去找店主灭掉所有的灯。她自己先灭了灯。店主本已睡下，此刻一边灭灯一边嘀咕：“真是活见鬼，一会叫点，一会叫灭。古怪！古怪！” 鸟儿天上鸣一下，又地上鸣一下。然后不管天上地上都是鸟鸣时，天就亮了。 董小宛叫来茗烟，茗烟心里不太痛快，他还没睡够。又不便抱怨，一只手用劲在脸颊上搓着一粒眼屎。她知道他的心思，但此刻由不得他，她有更急的心思，她要证明昨夜的所有设想，萝筐是个关键。茗烟听说是去核实一下箩筐的大小，便抱怨起来。董小宛严厉地说：“别说吃早饭，查证不了，永远莫回来！”茗烟听说如此严重，再不敢多嘴，打马直奔南京城。 董小宛始终在数着店里的一架滴漏，时光过得真慢，午时三刻，茗烟回来了，为了防止自己说不清箩筐的大小，他特意买了一只相同的箩筐。 李元旦也不知箩筐有何用。董小宛叫他试着钻缩进箩筐时。更是丈二和尚摸不着头脑，但还是依言钻进去。他站起来的一刹那便明白了董小宛的用意，因为他的身高跟冒辟疆差不了多少。他大声叫好，董小宛满意地笑了。 接连几天，董小宛和李元旦细心地推敲了整个行动计划的细节，李元旦亲自进城去考察了三次地形，一切显得万无一失，她才叫来惜惜和茗烟，告诉了他俩营救的计划。茗烟赞叹道：“夫人真是聪明绝顶。”董小宛打了他一下道：“现在不是奉承之时。回头到你家公子面前去说。”董小宛又给他们派了任务，各人信心十足去做自己那一份事。 又过了几天，所有环节都已打通，杨龙友甚至收买了一名狱吏作内应，一次营救行动正式展开了。 冒辟疆肚子饿得咕咕叫，也只得忍受着，牢中定量分配的饮食总是吃不饱又饿不死。现在书籍也不能给他安慰了。他刚刚发现原来书只有几本可以读，其他都不屑一读，按照这样的现点，那一箩筐书只有《孟东野集》值得一读。他很沮丧。如果不是昨天杨龙友悄悄告诉他越狱的计划，此刻他将不知如何度过了。 挑书人担着一对空箩筐悠哉悠哉的走过三道防备森严的院门，他挑中这个时刻，是因为狱吏们都急着换防回家吃饭，放松了警戒，加之这是留都最牢固的监狱，也许连鸟儿都难以飞越。看见挑书人，冒辟疆免不了心里一阵紧张，他将要经历生死攸关的历险。 两个狱吏跟着挑书人走进来，他们说要监督，挑书人极明白事理，知道他们是想敲诈几枚小钱，便给他们每人二钱银子，说兵部尚书的夫人有话捎给冒公子，二位请给点方便，两小狱吏得了钱，自去站在门外等着。 冒辟疆和挑书人交换一下眼色，立刻行动起来。先把部分书弄到床上，盖上被子，就像睡了一个人似的，伪装得很巧妙，不走近看便看不出来。然后冒辟疆钻缩进一只箩筐，上面盖满书，剩下的书全装进另一只筐。 挑书人心里也紧张，担起担子朝外走时忍不住哼着歌。狱吏锁了牢门，朝里看看，冒公子已经睡在床上了。狱吏嘀咕道：“他妈的，快吃饭了还睡。” 第一道院门顺利通过。第二道院门却遇到麻烦。一个年轻狱吏突发奇想，要挑几本书带回家去看，挑书人急道：“这是府上的藏书，一本都少不得。” 年轻狱吏笑道：“偌大一座王府，少几个女人都没人问，少几本书还露馅，老子不信。” 挑书人骂道：“放屁。你小子杀猪匠穿长衫——装秀才，你小子斗大的字认得几个？” 年轻狱吏有点冒火，索性伸手去抢，一位中年狱吏慌忙挡住他道：“别动手，冷静点，你什么时候又想看书呢？” “我听人说书里有什么西厢、东厢之类的好故事，骚得够味。” 挑书人一跺脚道：“你不早说，原来想看这种书。其实书也没什么好看，明儿挑书来，送你几张《春宫图》。” 旁边的狱吏们都嚷道：“多带几张来，咱们也瞧瞧。” 年轻狱吏道：“明天一定带来？” “当然，明儿挑一担书来，谁叫你关了一位了不得的书呆子。” 中年狱吏本来受了杨龙友的钱，眼见危险已过，忙推着他朝外走，边走边说：“快回家吃饭去，别让你老婆等急了。” 挑书人顺势过了第二道门，远远看到第三道门，中年狱吏便大声说道：“兄弟们，明儿早点来，这位爷给咱们送'春宫图'看。” “老家伙，要最好看的。”众狱吏都说道。 “当然，当然。”挑书人满口答应。还说：“不好看斩我的脑袋。” 于是出了第三道门，已经到了大街上，中年狱吏道：“老伯，慢走。走好啊！” 挑书人转进一条小巷，便飞奔起来，然后又转进一条小巷。李元旦和茗烟提着刀等在那里，旁边停了一辆马车。 担刚放下，茗烟叫声公子，冒辟疆知道脱了虎口，从箩筐猛然站起，救命的书哗啦哗啦撒了一地，李元旦一把拉住他就往车上去，茗烟扔给此刻已瘫软在墙角的挑书人一袋银子，也跟进车里，大车轰隆轰隆向城外奔去。冒辟疆脱去囚衣换上备好的长衫。茗烟开口便道：“咱们夫人真是神人。” 且说那挑书人稍息一会，知道出了这种事，南京也呆不住了。乃当场逃走他乡。那担书如废物般扔在原地，一位老太婆远远地守着那些书，到黄昏时确信没人来要，便兴高采烈起来，她感谢观音菩萨显灵，让她八十岁上终于拾到这么多值钱的东西。但她高兴得太早。三个狱吏厉鬼般转过墙角，怒气冲冲地踢了几脚，箩筐翻了几个跟头，原来开饭时，他们发现走了冒辟疆，四下追捕，此刻只好将书弄回去交差，老太婆眼见到手的财物被人抢走，伤心得捶胸顿足大骂人心不古。 而此刻，冒辟疆和董小宛同乘一辆车飞奔在回如皋的路上，俩人经过这番风雨有千言万语需要叙说，最忧伤的话都会引来一阵笑语，人们就是这样遗忘过去的。随着话题的牵动，董小宛觉得阿飘像一根鱼刺卡在喉咙中，不吐出来就不舒服。即使她担心会破坏甜蜜的气氛，依旧无可遏制地说了出来。冒辟疆怔了怔，便说起当年京城之事，并一再申明跟她没什么深交。董小宛见他一本正经的样子，知道他对自己的一片心，心里释然，但故意逗他说越申明清白越不清白。冒辟疆沉默良久才气愤地说道：“我跟她根本就没有肌肤之亲，你实在要错怪我就错怪吧。”董小宛见他生气的样子，忍不住哈哈哈大笑起来，双手搂着他的脖子笑。跟在身旁的李元旦不知她笑什么，他觉得她透过车窗看见自己出了点丑才发笑的，便下意识地检查自己的行装，胯下的马跑得很快，而车中的他和她陷入更深的幸福中。幸福是阻碍视听的，他咬着她的舌尖，像初吻一样神秘、兴奋和甜蜜，令人心醉。 阿飘得知冒辟疆越狱而去，便陷入了庆幸和惆怅的双重境地。庆幸的是他获得了自由，惆怅的是他永远从自己的生命中远去了，无可挽回地远去了。 她曾经为自己的自由感到自豪，那时无论怎么说她都比身陷牢笼的冒辟疆过得好一点，现在他脱险了，使她一夜之间就发觉自己像在牢狱中。这些天井、屋瓦、楼台、树木、花草、高墙、器皿、布匹、门窗都如此固定，是她永远不可超出的界限，任何事物都囚禁了她，她以为走到街上会好一些，但事与愿违，城墙、旗帜、集市、军营、金钱构成了更大的牢狱，把她推入了更加细小卑微且无所适从之地。她在一夜之间憔悴了，多年贵族生活培养而成的傲气荡然无存。她甚至没有身边的丫环们自由。 此刻，她站在回廊边上，看着盛夏之中开得繁茂的花丛，发出一阵阵冷笑。既然冒辟疆已经脱险，管家的死期也就到了。 大白天，管家的身影总是有意无意出现在阿飘的视野中，他深深沉入对阿飘梦幻般的热恋中不能自拔。像少年一样，他的衣着越来越干净，每天都要认真地修脸和绾好头巾。他的老婆嘲笑他的脸干净得像尸体，身上穿的也像死人的寿衣。 午时的庭院中寂静无边，炎热把人们驱赶进睡眠之中，管家站到阿飘面前，觉得今天是个特别的日子，阿飘从来不让他午时来。阿飘眩目的美使他什么也看不见，甚至连阿飘也变模糊了。 阿飘觉得他令人难受，便转过身去，两人沉默良久，管家恭敬地站在身后。 阿飘说：“你真的愿为我做任何事？” “当然。夫人，我可以为你去死。” "real?" “只要你叫我死。” "go to hell!" 管家怔了怔，张大了嘴，欲言又止，他的牙齿漆黑，舌头干枯。 阿飘猛然转身，用一双血红的眼睛盯着他说道：“现在就死。”管家看见她的太阳穴上蓝幽幽的脉络暴胀而出，知道她说的是真话。 阳光垂直照下来，人的阴影萎缩了，像一只灰色的兔子，阿飘低垂着眼帘，没看见兔子跳动，也没听见人的脚步声，只听见无边无际的蝉鸣声。所以不知道管家已经走开。 她突然听到椅子的咔嚓声，抬起头来，看见管家站在椅子上，头上是门厅上粗壮的栋梁。他笔直地站着，脸上布满虔诚，微风吹动了他的衣袖和衣服下摆。阿飘看着他，一声未发出的叹息在腹中回荡。他站在死的边缘。 他开始解裤带，阿飘熟悉它，知道它在腰上缠了几圈，也知道它很结实，接着，他的裤子垮下来，在足踝处瘫软成一堆。他把裤带朝上扔去，轻飘飘的，宛若歌妓手中优美的长笛，越过横梁，然后搭在其上，他麻利地打了个活结。刚好悬在眼前，看上去像他的脸被打了结，然后弯腰提起裤子。再把头伸进活结。他调整站姿，双手紧紧抓紧裤子，确信自己不会松手，他对阿飘说：“咱们到阎王面前去讲理。” 他身子一歪，椅子就倒了，人就吊在空中，开始了挣扎，阿飘赶紧扭转身，对着窗台沉默着。良久，她才回过头来，管家已经死了，尸体吊在空中微微荡动，吐出长长的舌头，看气色好像没死。