Chapter 428: Attentive
Miao Laoliu's voice was a little numb and not much excitement.
The whole garden was silent, and the needles could be heard. The diners felt that even their breathing became a little stagnant, as if they were breathing heavily, which was a sin.
Gu Xiang's heart sank slightly, and a glass of fruit wine was suddenly stuffed into his hand. The wine was extremely mellow. After taking a sip, he felt a slight heat extending from his throat to his stomach, and then gently returned and went straight into his mind. It was not dizzy, but the speed of his brain rotation suddenly accelerated, and his thoughts were drifting violently.
Miao Laoliu's breathing gradually became a little heavier.
Gu Xiang reached out to hold Xueying, and for some reason he suddenly didn't want to know the follow-up of the next development, nor did he want to continue listening to Miao Laoliu's affairs.
I always feel that this topic is not very pleasant.
Miao Laoliu's face was empty.
Sometimes such blank space makes people feel even more terrifying and desperate. Compared to this, those painful and wailings make people feel more relaxed.
"No one is wrong..."
Miao Laoliu was slightly immersed in his thoughts, clenched his fists and his shoulders tightened, and his whole body was like a bow that had already reached its limit.
Perhaps with a little force, he would be broken.
"I heard that the thief stole the defense map of our dynasty. He was a spy from Xixia. If he succeeded, he would not know what trouble would cause."
Miao Laoliu looked cold, "Who is that Duke? His Majesty's confidant, the pillars and beams of our dynasty, naturally, cannot compromise with a spy. Even if the traitor holds the life of my wife and daughter, he can only put the country first. Afterwards, Duke Liu specially sent a manager to pay tribute to my wife and daughter, and just gave him five hundred taels of ritual alone."
"Five hundred taels, my wife has always been frugal. She spent less than half a tael of silver in a month. These five hundred taels are enough for her to spend the rest of her life. If my daughter is alive, she won't have to worry about her dowry."
Zhao Han's lips moved, and Wang Guoguo held his arm, but he didn't let him say it.
A diner next to him said what Zhao Han said.
"Your wife and daughter died very pitiful. This is an accident. Duke Liu could not expect such a thing. If you don't hate the thief who killed your wife and daughter, you will hate Duke Liu. What's the reason?"
Like Duke Liu, it is already good to remember the powerful people who appease the victims.
The diners were in great mood at this time, and they naturally felt very sympathetic to Miao Laoliu's wife and daughter, but they didn't think that Duke Liu was unforgivable.
This is a dilemma.
A hint of embarrassment appeared on Wang Guoguo's face. He reached out and held Zhao Han's arm, sweating in his palm, as if he was a little nervous.
Miao Laoliu nodded: "I told myself so much, trying to reconcile with my anger. I thought I could do it, but just a few days after that, the thief's accomplices once again obtained a copy of the defense map. During the escape, they tied up a woman. They were also forced into a desperate situation by Duke Liu and threatened the woman's life. But this time Duke Liu lost his power and retreated. In order to save the woman, he fell into the river, causing the thief to escape from the capital...ha."
The diners were speechless.
"My wife and daughter's life is not worth much, so my wife and daughter die in vain. The woman's life is very precious, because she is the prime minister's daughter and the noble daughter of the capital. Duke Liu also has to pay attention to it and sacrifice his life to save him."
Miao Laoliu's voice was extremely cold, and every word seemed to have a layer of ice, making people feel cold to the core.
Gu Fei
"Why?"
Wang Guoguo suddenly lowered her head and grabbed Zhao Han's arm.
The woman rescued by Duke Liu was her relative's sister Wang Pingping. After that incident, Pingping was also very frightened and fell seriously ill, so she asked her mother to send her to study and practice.
Although she can't blame her sister for this matter, and her sister is also a victim, now facing Miao Laoliu, Wang Guoguo is a little bit confident.
Why is it the same situation? Someone came to save her sister, and the wife and daughter had to die?
Wang Guoguo naturally knew the answer.
Because her sister has a good family background and looks good, and because her sister knows Duke Liu.
Miao Laoliu was not called Miao Laoliu before, but Miao Yufei, and the Phoenix Yufei.
"One night, when I woke up, I looked at the empty home, my wife's unsewn underwear, and the small wooden house I made for my daughter with my own hands... The day before her accident, I promised her to carry a puppy for her home. My daughter prefers dogs than cats."
"At that moment I decided that I must take revenge!"
"After that, I used the five hundred taels of silver to rent a shop opposite the Duke of Liu, and I sold some fruits and tea on weekdays. I didn't make money, so I would make a lot of money. I fed all the servants of Duke of Liu's mansion, and gradually I had such a little face-saving friendship."
Miao Laoliu looked a little cold and helpless.
"But revenge is easy to say, but it is really difficult to do."
Miao Laoliu's face showed a bit of complexity, "I wanted to kill someone, but I hid the dagger on my body, but I had no chance to get close to Duke Liu, let alone what kind of person he is, and his martial arts are very powerful. Not to mention me, even a first- and second-rate master in the world is hard to get close to."
"I also tried setting fires, but I almost lit up the surrounding houses. It was very safe to see Duke Liu's mansion."
"If you want to poison, you have to get inconspicuous poisons, you still have to have a way."
"After thinking about it, I, a scholar, are the most useless. I can only let myself pierce into the mud, deal with dirty, messy, and indecent people in this world, and make myself that person."
"Three years or five years? Today I have to forget how long it took for me to have such a life. I stopped studying and stopped writing. Now I hold a knife and follow people on the streets for the sake of so-called loyalty. Sometimes I hit people, and more often I am beaten and cheated. I have done so much."
Miao Laoliu closed his eyes and opened it to look at Gu Xiang again, "Miss, people like me should have died long ago. But I couldn't think about it before, and always felt that even if I fought to the death, I would take revenge. Now... I have asked my wife and daughter to wait too long. If they wait, even if they can wait, I will not be willing to let them be reincarnated."
Gu Xiang sighed and asked Xueying to get another stew pot.
Miao Laoliu blinked gently, and cherished a spoonful of soup and ate it. Two tears oozed out of the corners of his eyes.
"It's so delicious!"
Gu Xiang stood up and walked closer, and said softly: "Although your clothes were torn by Constable Zhang and others, the pulp was washed very clean, the patches and needlework on the cuffs were also delicate, and the fabrics used for patching were also carefully selected. The inner lining of the collar was not troublesome. After three layers, they could be removed. The clothes were not visible at all. The person who made the clothes for you was probably thinking."
Chapter completed!