Manchu civil and military bow down

Chapter 8

He's going to steal a chicken now.

It is not easy to find a chicken in the huge palace. After Xu He left the school, he searched for someone to find out the location, and ran directly to the nearest big kitchen.

The big kitchen was in the northwest corner, and he found it only after going around a few palace roads and passing through a garden.

Xu He entered the kitchen through the side door. The boiler in the kitchen was steaming with water, and the smoke and smoke were heavy.He is small, and today he wore a black robe specially, mixing in the crowd of busy people, no one noticed.

Finally Xu He saw a cage in the corner of the kitchen, with several chickens crowded inside.He squatted down halfway, facing a stench.

There was still a bit of feces on the bamboo cage, so Xu He pinched his nose with one hand and opened the cage with the other.

Just as the cage was about to open, someone kicked Xu He's butt.

Xu He was shocked.

But the woman's slightly anxious voice came from above: "You guys should be quicker with my hands and feet - Concubine Su Gui has urged me three times, why is the Changchun soup still not ready?"

The palace people on the side did not dare to speak, and they all sped up their speed.

The woman walked left and right, anxious and angry, and said angrily to Xu He: "What are you doing here, talking to animals? Why don't you wash them for me?"

wash? !

good chance.

Xu He lowered his head tightly, and replied vaguely: "Yes."

He pulled a rooster out of the cage.

Immediately after being kicked again, the woman suppressed great anger in her tone: "You just wash one?!"

Uh……

Xu He hurriedly stuffed the chicken back, and ran to the yard with the cage in hand, shouting loudly as he ran, "I'm going to wash them all right away!"

There is a well in the yard, and the water for washing vegetables in the big kitchen is picked from here.

Before Xu He came, there were already several court ladies here.

They bent over, washing the vegetables in the basin, talking while washing.

The palace maid with a slightly round face said in a low voice: "I also served the third princess, and the third princess's temper is not as big as Concubine Su Gui."

The maid next to her also echoed: "But don't compare her with the third princess. How can a woman from the countryside be compared with a princess who was born in a dignified clan?"

The other person laughed: "She just relied on her youthful beauty, and now she's in the spotlight."

The lady in pink clothes said, "Stop gossiping, be careful not to be overheard, and you will suffer then."

This remark woke up the other people. Thinking of Concubine Su's method of torturing people, the maids curled their lips and turned to other topics.

Xu He was not interested in these matters of the palace, he chose the chicken he liked the most among a group of chickens.

After untiing the rope from the chicken's paws and letting it run for a few steps, Xu He yelled "Oops", pretending to be flustered, and said to the maids next to him: "Sister, I'm going to chase that beast, you guys Watch it for me, don't let someone take your place."

The court ladies were discussing with great interest the kind of bead flowers that are popular in Beijing today, so they didn't have time to pay attention to him, and Xu He planned to escape with a few perfunctory words.

The chicken was indeed the one he had his eyes on, and it ran really fast. He chased it outside the yard, and only saw the chicken in the corner.

The big rooster has a fire-like comb on its head, its legs and feet are thick and strong, and it flapped its wings twice.Xu He rushed over directly, maybe his ferocious appearance scared the big rooster that just ran out of the cage.After the big rooster crowed loudly, it burrowed into the corner with a look of panic.

Xu He thought that this chicken was really a stupid chicken, but he didn't expect that this stupid chicken had a stupid luck, and it was actually finding a hole in the corner of the wall and getting out.

And Xu He bumped his head against the wall.

cluck cluck cluck.

A big rooster crowed triumphantly from the other wall.

Oh shit.

Xu He touched his painful head, gritted his teeth, "You wait for me."

Xu He climbed over the wall with the help of the tree beside the wall. There was also a courtyard outside the wall, but the landscape in this courtyard was more exquisite, with luxuriant flowers and plants, and a lake with clear jade.

Xu He found the silly chicken in a field of flowers, he grabbed it upside down, and smiled sinisterly: "You try running again?"

The big rooster clucked and clucked when it encountered the enemy. Xu He simply pulled a soft vine and tied its mouth from the outside.

Big cock: ...

A tear in the corn's eye can be said to be very wronged.

Xu He was about to leave when he suddenly heard a crisp applause.

He froze for a moment, hugged his big cock, and walked forward a little bit. He hid behind a green tree and looked ahead quietly.

There are five people by the lake.

A palace lady in a pink palace dress, an old woman in gray and brown, and a young boy who was held hostage by two guards and knelt on the ground.

The slap was slapped by the old woman, and the old woman's voice was full of anger: "Changchun soup was placed on the chopping board, but somehow it disappeared! Then I saw him sneaking out of the kitchen, I looked carefully, okay Ah, the corners of this bastard's mouth haven't been wiped clean yet!"

The maid in the pink palace dress is expressionless.

The kidnapped boy raised his head, his eyes were red: "I didn't!"

Seeing his appearance, Xu He was stunned.

Damn it, it's this brat again?

Why is this little kid so unlucky - every time I meet him, he is either being bullied or waiting to be bullied.

Snapped.

Another resounding slap, a bright red slap was printed on the little brat's thin yellow face.

This sound made Xu He's scalp go numb.

The old woman said angrily: "Okay! You still don't admit to stealing something at such a young age! Today, I will definitely pluck the skin of you little bastard."

The pink-clothed maid's face was livid, she looked at him indifferently, and said nothing.

The old woman went up and grabbed the boy's face with great force, as if she really wanted to tear off a layer of skin.

The boy's eyes were red with tears, as if filled with blood.

He gritted his teeth without making a sound.

The maid in pink finally spoke up and said, "What's your name?"

What's your name.

The boy lowered his head, desperately trying not to let the tears flow.

What's his name--There are many images in my mind, the toppled ancient bridge, the falling boulder, and the young man's smile in the light and shadow, "Let's call it Yu Mu", half bright and half dark.

These memories eventually dissipated and became phantoms, only the scarlet world seen in the tears was real.

It's just a joke from a wealthy family, why should he take it seriously, now people may not remember him, it's ridiculous.

So stupid, why take it seriously.

He laughed self-deprecatingly, and a large tear fell silently.

Against the setting sun, the golden red light makes the vegetation shine.

Suddenly, the boy's words came along with the wind, softly.

"His name is Yu Mu."

All looked up.

With dusk as the background, the little boy in black was holding a chicken in his arms, smiling with white teeth, but his eyes were clear, as if they could shine into the bottom of people's hearts.